A Clostridium perfringens outbreak traced to temperature-abused beef stew, Norway, 2012

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Wahl, E ^a   Romma S ^b   Granum, P E ^c  

^a Norwegian Food Safety Authority   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEEF; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS INFECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; FOOD STORAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; KITCHEN; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SWIMMING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84874634661     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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