A large outbreak of salmonellosis associated with sandwiches contaminated with multiple bacterial pathogens purchased via an online shopping service

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 230-233

  Wei, Sung Hsi ^a,b   Huang, Angela S ^a   Liao, Ying Shu ^a   Liu, Yu Lun ^a   Chiou, Chien Shun ^a,c  

^a CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; DIARRHEA; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; GASTROENTERITIS; GENOTYPE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA VIRCHOW; SALMONELLOSIS; SHOPPING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STORAGE TEMPERATURE; TAIWAN; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACILLUS CEREUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EGGS; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SERVICES; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896745315     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2013.1669     Document Type: Article

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