Outbreak of salmonella enterica goldcoast infection associated with whelk consumption, England, June to October 2013

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 18, Issue 49, 2013, Pages

  Inns, T ^a,b   Beasley, G ^a   Lane, C ^a   Hopps, V ^c   Peters, T ^a   Pathak, K ^a   Perez Moreno, R ^d   Adak, G K ^a   Shankar, A G ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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

^c Kings Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council   (United Kingdom)

^d FOOD STANDARDS AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INTAKE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; TYPHOID FEVER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENGLAND; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SEAFOOD;

EID: 84889583370     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.49.20654     Document Type: Article

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