A 2010 Austrian Salmonella enteritidis PT4 outbreak associated with a laying hen holding previously involved in an S. enteritidis PT4 cluster: Pitfalls of regulatory responses in risk management

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 332-339

  Liu, Yu Lun ^a   Schmid, Daniela ^a   Voss, Astrid Salgado ^a   Kasper, Sabine ^a   Lassnig, Heimo ^a   Ableitner, Oksana ^a   Kornschober, Christian ^a   Karnthaler, Ursula ^b   Allerberger, Franz ^a  

^a AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^b Municipal Department 15 Public Health Services of the City of Vienna   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Eggs; Foodborne; Risk management; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CHILD; EGG; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS PHAGE TYPE 4; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; AUSTRIA; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; CHICKENS; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EGGS; FECES; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84869496596     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: 1876035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2012.03.007     Document Type: Article

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