Sources of calicivirus contamination in foodborne outbreaks in denmark, 2005-2011-the role of the asymptomatic food handler

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 211, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 563-570

  Franck, Kristina T ^a,b   Lisby, Morten ^c   Fonager, Jannik ^a   Schultz, Anna C ^d   Böttiger, Blenda ^a,e   Villif, Annette ^c   Absalonsen, Helle ^c   Ethelberg, Steen ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c DANISH VETERINARY AND FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Denmark)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caliciviridae; food; food handlers; foodborne outbreaks; foodborne transmission; norovirus; sapovirus; viral gastroenteritis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION; CALICIVIRUS; CALICIVIRUS INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EPIDEMIC; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; NOROVIRUS INFECTION; SAPOVIRUS; SYMPTOM; VIRAL CONTAMINATION; CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; FOOD CONTROL; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HETEROZYGOTE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VIROLOGY;

CALICIVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CARRIER STATE; DENMARK; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; NOROVIRUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84922429104     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu479     Document Type: Article

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