Outbreak of Escherichia coli O104:H4 infections associated with sprout consumption - Europe and North America, May-July 2011

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 62, Issue 50, 2013, Pages 1029-1031

  Foley, Catherine ^a   Harvey, Emily ^b   Bidol, Sally A ^c   Henderson, Tiffany ^c   Njord, Rebecca ^d   DeSalvo, Traci ^e   Haupt, Thomas ^e   Mba Jones, Adamma ^f   Bailey, Chris ^g   Bopp, Cheryl ^g   Bosch, Stacey A ^g   Gerner Smidt, Peter ^g   Mody, Rajal K ^g   Nguyen, Thai An ^g   Strockbine, Nancy ^g   Tauxe, Robert V ^g  

^a Arizona Dept of Health Svcs   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^d North Carolina Dept of Health and Human Svcs   (United States)

^e Wisconsin Division of Public Health   (United States)

^f CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; NOTE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRIGONELLA;

ADULT; AGED; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; TRIGONELLA;

EID: 84890879545     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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