Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections associated with consumption of locally grown strawberries contaminated by deer

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1129-1134

  Laidler, Matthew R ^a   Tourdjman, Mathieu ^a,b   Buser, Genevieve L ^a,b   Hostetler, Trevor ^c   Repp, Kimberly K ^c   Leman, Richard ^a   Samadpour, Mansour ^d   Keene, William E ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY   (United States)

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

^c Health and Human Services   (United States)

^d Institute for Environmental Health   (United States)

Author keywords

deer; Escherichia coli O157; foodborne disease outbreak; Fragaria; STEC

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARKET; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCHOOL CHILD; STRAWBERRY;

DEER; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOODBORNE DISEASE OUTBREAK; FRAGARIA; STEC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEER; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; FRAGARIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884911827     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit468     Document Type: Article

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