A shigella sonnei outbreak traced to imported basil - The importance of good typing tools and produce traceability systems, Norway, 2011

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 49, 2013, Pages

  Guzman Herrador, B R ^a,b   Nilsen, E ^c,d   Cudjoe, K S ^e   Jensvoll, L ^f   Kvamme, J M ^c,g   Aanstad, A Lindegård ^h   Lindstedt, B A ^a,i   Nygard K ^a   Severinsen, G ^j   Werner Johansen, O ^k   Wester, A L ^a   Wiklund, M ^c   Vold, L ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

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

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^d Møre and Romsdal Hospital Trust   (Norway)

^e NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^f Norwegian Food Safety Authority   (Norway)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^h Norwegian Food Safety Authority District Office   (Norway)

ⁱ AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^j Municipality of Tromsø Tromso   (Norway)

^k in Sarpsborg Municipality   (Norway)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASIL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FEVER; FISH STOCK; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NORWAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SHIGELLOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CONTACT TRACING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NORWAY; OCIMUM BASILICUM; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SHIGELLA SONNEI; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889572506     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.49.20650     Document Type: Article

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