Outbreak of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli (STEC) O157:H7 Associated with Romaine Lettuce Consumption, 2011

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Slayton, Rachel B ^a,b   Turabelidze, George ^c   Bennett, Sarah D ^a,b   Schwensohn, Colin A ^b   Yaffee, Anna Q ^b   Khan, Faisal ^d   Butler, Cindy ^c   Trees, Eija ^b   Ayers, Tracy L ^b   Davis, Marjorie L ^e   Laufer, Alison S ^a,b   Gladbach, Stephen ^c   Williams, Ian ^b   Gieraltowski, Laura B ^b  

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

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

^c MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

^d Food and Drug Administration ^*  (United States)

^e CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE FINDING; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LETTUCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; TRACEBACK INVESTIGATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; INFANT; LETTUCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RESEARCH REPORT; SHIGA TOXIN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873514842     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055300     Document Type: Article

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