Outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157 associated with consumption of watercress, United Kingdom, August to September 2013

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 44, 2013, Pages

  Launders, N ^a   Byrne, L ^a   Adams, N ^a   Glen, K ^a   Jenkins, C ^a   Tubin Delic, D ^b   Locking, M ^c   Williams, C ^d   Morgan, D ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHIGA TOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CASE STUDY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD POISONING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNITED KINGDOM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; WATERCRESS;

EID: 84887356423     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.44.20624     Document Type: Article

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