International outbreak investigation of Salmonella Heidelberg associated with in-flight catering

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 833-842

  Rebolledo, J ^a,b   Garvey, P ^b   Ryan, A ^c   O'Donnell, J ^b   Cormican, M ^d   Jackson, S ^b   Cloak, F ^b   Cullen, L ^c   Swaan, C M ^e   Schimmer, B ^e   Appels, R W ^f   Nygard, K ^g   Finley, R ^h   Sreenivasan, N ⁱ   Lenglet, A ^a   Gossner, C ^a   McKeown, P ^b  

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

^b HEALTH PROTECTION SURVEILLANCE CENTRE   (Ireland)

^c Department of Public Health Medicine HSE West ^*  (Ireland)

^d National Salmonella Shigella and Listeria Reference Laboratory   (Ireland)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^f Infectious Disease Control Public Health Service Kennemerland   (Netherlands)

^g NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^h PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Aircraft; food poisoning; in flight catering; international travel; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANADA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CASE FINDING; CATERING SERVICE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EGG; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC GROUP; FLIGHT; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IRELAND; IRISH; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MILK; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA HEIDELBERG; SALMONELLA HEIDELBERG INFECTION; SALMONELLOSIS; TANZANIA; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AVIATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; YOUNG ADULT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FOOD POISONING; IN FLIGHT CATERING; MASS COMMUNICATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; PANDEMIC; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR TRAVEL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; IRELAND; MIDDLE AGED; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901697950     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813001714     Document Type: Article

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