Two consecutive outbreaks of food-borne cholera associated with consumption of chicken rice in Northwestern Thailand

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 927-932

  Swaddiwudhipong, Witaya ^a   Hannarong, Sriwan ^b   Peanumlom, Pongpot ^a   Pittayawonganon, Chakrarat ^c   Sitthi, Wathee ^c  

^a MAE SOT GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b Mae Sot District Health Office   (Thailand)

^c MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Chicken rice; Cholera outbreak; Food handler; Food borne; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHOLERA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RICE; STATISTICS; THAILAND;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; ORYZA SATIVA; THAILAND;

EID: 84868606372     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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