Outbreak of listerosis due to imported cooked ham, Switzerland 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 18, 2013, Pages

  Hachler H ^a,b   Marti, G ^c   Giannini, P ^d   Lehner, A ^b   Jost, M ^e   Beck, J ^e   Weiss, F ^c   Bally, B ^f   Jermini, M ^d   Stephan, R ^b   Baumgartner, A ^e  

^a National Centre for Enteropathogenic Bacteria and Listeria (NENT)   (Switzerland)

^b Vetsuisse   (Switzerland)

^c Cantonal Laboratory   (Switzerland)

^d Cantonal Laboratory   (Switzerland)

^e FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

^f Min Hlth of the Canton of Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; IMPORT DISEASE; INTERVIEW; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEROTYPING;

EID: 84877276581     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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