Investigation of increased listeriosis revealed two fishery production plants with persistent Listeria contamination in Finland in 2010

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2261-2269

  Nakari, U M ^a   Rantala, L ^b   Pihlajasaari, A ^c   Toikkanen, S ^d   Johansson, T ^b   Hellsten, C ^c   Raulo, S M ^c   Kuusi, M ^d   Siitonen, A ^a   Rimhanen Finne, R ^d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira Control Department Food Hygiene Unit   (Australia)

^d National Institute for Health and Welfare Department for Infectious Disease Surveillance and Control Epidemiologic Surveillance and Response Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Control; foodborne infections; Listeria; outbreaks; typing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FISH; FISHERY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INTAKE; GENE CLUSTER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK REDUCTION; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INDUSTRY; INCIDENCE; LISTERIA; PATHOGENICITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FISHERIES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LISTERIA; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84910007993     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881300349X     Document Type: Article

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