Usefulness of the European Epidemic Intelligence Information System in the management of an outbreak of listeriosis, Belgium, 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 17, Issue 38, 2012, Pages 1-

  Yde, M ^a   Naranjo, M ^a   Mattheus, W ^a   Stragier, P ^a   Pochet, B ^b   Beulens, K ^b   De Schrijver, K ^c   Van den Branden, D ^c   Laisnez, V ^c   Flipse, W ^c   Leclercq, A ^d   Lecuit, M ^d   Dierick, K ^a   Bertrand, S ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain   (Belgium)

^c Infectious Disease Control Unit   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BELGIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPING;

EID: 84866645100     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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