Multistate outbreak of listeriosis associated with cantaloupe

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 944-953

  McCollum, Jeffrey T ^a,c   Cronquist, Alicia B ^c   Silk, Benjamin J ^b   Jackson, Kelly A ^b   O'Connor, Katherine A ^a,b   Cosgrove, Shaun ^c   Gossack, Joe P ^c   Parachini, Susan S ^c   Jain, Neena S ^a,d   Ettestad, Paul ^e   Ibraheem, Mam ^a,e   Cantu, Venessa ^f   Joshi, Manjiri ^g   DuVernoy, Tracy ^h   Fogg Jr , Norman W ^h   Gorny, James R ^h   Mogen, Kathryn M ^h   Spires, Charlotte ^h   Teitell, Paul ^h   Joseph, Lavin A ^b   Tarr, Cheryl L ^b   Imanishi, Maho ^a,b   Neil, Karen P ^b   Tauxe, Robert V ^b   Mahon, Barbara E ^b   more..

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

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

^c Air Pollution Control Division   (United States)

^d Tri County Health Department Colorado   (United States)

^e NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^g Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services   (United States)

^h CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANTALOUPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LISTERIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883421755     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1215837     Document Type: Article

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