Trace-back and trace-forward tools developed Ad Hoc and used during the STEC O104:H4 outbreak 2011 in Germany and generic concepts for future outbreak situations

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 263-269

  Weiser, Armin A ^a   Gross, Stefan ^a   Schielke, Anika ^a   Wigger, Jan Frederik ^a   Ernert, Andrea ^a   Adolphs, Julian ^a   Fetsch, Alexandra ^a   Müller Graf, Christine ^a   Käsbohrer, Annemarie ^a   Mosbach Schulz, Olaf ^b   Appel, Bernd ^a   Greiner, Matthias ^a,c  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^b EUROPEAN FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O104:H4; FENUGREEK; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GERMANY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EGYPT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GERMANY; HUMANS; PLANT EXTRACTS; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRIGONELLA;

EID: 84875165648     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2012.1296     Document Type: Article

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