The "decline and Fall" of nontyphoidal salmonella in the United Kingdom

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 705-710

  Griffin, Patricia M ^a   O'Brien, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

eggs; food safety; public health; Salmonella; vaccination

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENTEROPATHY; EPIDEMIC; FOOD POISONING; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NONTYPHOIDAL SALMONELLOSIS; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE; UNITED KINGDOM; VACCINATION;

EID: 84873663446     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis967     Document Type: Article

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