Multiple outbreaks of gastroenteritis that were associated with 16 funerals and a unique caterer and spanned 6 days, 2011, Québec, Canada

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 76, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1582-1589

  Gaulin, Colette ^a   Nguon, Soulyvane ^a   Leblanc, Marie Andree ^a   Ramsay, Danielle ^b   Roy, Sophie ^b  

^a Dir Gen de la S Publique   (Canada)

^b Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; HYGIENE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; NOROVIRUS; PATHOGENICITY;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; NOROVIRUS; QUEBEC;

EID: 84884682651     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-13-079     Document Type: Article

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