Emerging Pathogens and Vehicles of Food- and Water-borne Disease Outbreaks in Korea, 2007-2012

Osong Public Health and Research Perspectives

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-39

  Moon, Shinje ^a   Sohn, Il Woong ^b   Hong, Yeongseon ^c   Lee, Hyungmin ^a   Park, Ji Hyuk ^a   Kwon, Geun Yong ^a   Lee, Sangwon ^a   Youn, Seung Ki ^a  

^a Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention   (South Korea)

^b Jeollanam do Provincial Government   (South Korea)

^c Sahmyook University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Escherichia coli; Food borne outbreaks; Norovirus; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; EPIDEMIC; FOOD POISONING; HUMAN; INFECTION; NOROVIRUS; PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SOUTH KOREA; VEGETABLE; WATER BORNE DISEASE;

EID: 84901743676     PISSN: 22109099     EISSN: 22109110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrp.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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