Pork Implicated in a Shiga Toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 Outbreak in Ontario, Canada

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 322-326

  Trotz Williams, Lise A ^a   Mercer, Nicola J ^a   Walters, Janice M ^a   Maki, Anne M ^b   Johnson, Roger P ^c  

^a Wellington Dufferin Guelph Public Health Ontario   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli O157; Food borne illnesses; Outbreaks; Pigs; Pork; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871362369     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404434     Document Type: Article

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