Public health investigation of two outbreaks of shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 associated with consumption of watercress

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3946-3952

  Jenkins, Claire ^a   Dallman, Timothy J ^a   Launders, Naomi ^a   Willis, Caroline ^a   Byrne, Lisa ^a   Jorgensen, Frieda ^a   Eppinger, Mark ^b   Adak, Goutam K ^a   Aird, Heather ^a   Elviss, Nicola ^a   Grant, Kathie A ^a   Morgan, Dilys ^a   McLauchlin, Jim ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRRIGATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING;

COMPREHENSIVE TESTING; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; IRRIGATION WATERS; MOLECULAR METHODS; SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIUM; CANOLA; CATTLE; DATABASE; DETECTION METHOD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION OUTBREAK; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXIN;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BOS; BOS TAURUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NASTURTIUM OFFICINALE;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BOVINE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FOOD CONTROL; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NASTURTIUM; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; NASTURTIUM; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84929870908     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.04188-14     Document Type: Article

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