Foodborne outbreaks of shigellosis in the USA, 1998-2008

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 233-241

  Nygren, B L ^a   Schilling, K A ^a   Blanton, E M ^a   Silk, B J ^a   Cole, D J ^a   Mintz, E D ^a  

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

Author keywords

Food safety; foodborne infections; outbreaks; Shigella; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RAW FOOD; SHIGELLA BOYDII; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHIGELLA SONNEI; SHIGELLOSIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RESTAURANTS; SHIGELLA SONNEI; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876946375     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812000222     Document Type: Article

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