Outbreak of staphylococcal food poisoning among children and staff at a Swiss boarding school due to soft cheese made from raw milk

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2944-2948

  Johler, Sophia ^a   Weder, Delphine ^b   Bridy, Claude ^b   Huguenin, Marie Claude ^b   Robert, Luce ^b   Hummerjohann, Jörg ^c   Stephan, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Station Viticole et Encavage de l'Etat   (Switzerland)

^c AGROSCOPE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Genotype B; Outbreak investigation; Raw milk cheese; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

BOVINAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ENTEROTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN A, STAPHYLOCOCCAL; ENTEROTOXIN D, STAPHYLOCOCCAL;

ADULT; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CHEESE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; STAPHYLOCOCCAL FOOD POISONING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHEESE; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROTOXINS; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MILK; STAPHYLOCOCCAL FOOD POISONING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84928089740     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2014-9123     Document Type: Article

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