Crab meat: A novel vehicle for E. coli O157 identified in an outbreak in South West England, August 2011

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2043-2050

  Matulkova, P ^a,b   Gobin, M ^a   Taylor, J ^c   Oshin, F ^c   O'Connor, K ^d   Oliver, I ^a,e  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^c South West ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d PLYMOUTH CITY COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Case control study; crab; E. coli O157; outbreak; traceback; vehicle

Indexed keywords

VEROTOXIN 2;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB MEAT; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157 INFECTION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SHELLFISH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883315485     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812002816     Document Type: Article

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