Multistate Outbreak of Escherichia coli O145 Infections Associated with Romaine Lettuce Consumption, 2010

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 939-944

  Taylor, E V ^a,b,g   Nguyen, T A ^b   Machesky, K D ^c   Koch, E ^d   Sotir, M J ^b   Bohm, S R ^e   Folster, J P ^b   Bokanyi, R ^c   Kupper, A ^d,g   Bidol, S A ^e   Emanuel, A ^d   Arends, K D ^e   Johnson, S A ^e   Dunn, J ^f   Stroika, S ^b   Patel, M K ^b   Williams, I ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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

^c OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d Outbreak Response   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^f TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATERING SERVICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LETTUCE; MICROBIOLOGY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEMOLYTIC-UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMANS; LETTUCE; MICHIGAN; ODDS RATIO; OHIO; RESTAURANTS; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNITED STATES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTUCA;

EID: 84878834317     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-12-503     Document Type: Article

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