Challenges in listeriosis cluster and outbreak investigations, province of Quebec, 1997-2011

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Gaulin, Colette ^a   Gravel, Geneviève ^b   Bekal, Sadjia ^c   Currie, Andrea ^d   Ramsay, Danielle ^e   Roy, Sophie ^e  

^a Ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux   (Canada)

^b Ministere de la Sante et des Services Sociaux   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANADA; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUEBEC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891293857     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2013.1574     Document Type: Review

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