Outbreak of human salmonella typhimurium infections linked to contact with baby poultry from a single agricultural feed store chain and mail-order hatchery, 2009

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-12

  Loharikar, Anagha ^a   Vawter, Shannon ^b   Warren, Kim ^c   Deasy, Marshall ^c   Moll, Maria ^c   Sandt, Carol ^c   Gilhousen, Renee ^c   Villamil, Elizabeth ^d   Rhorer, Andrew ^e   Briere, Elizabeth ^a   Schwensohn, Colin ^b   Trees, Eija ^b   Lafon, Patricia ^b   Adams, Jennifer Kincaid ^b   Le, Brenda ^b   Behravesh, Casey Barton ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e Service National Poultry Improvement Plan   (United States)

Author keywords

baby poultry; children; outbreak; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHICK; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DUCKLING; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HATCHERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DUCKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NEW YORK; PENNSYLVANIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 84871762447     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: 15320987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/INF.0b013e3182755e28     Document Type: Article

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