Multistate outbreak of listeriosis caused by imported cheese and evidence of cross-contamination of other cheeses, USA, 2012

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 144, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 2698-2708

  Heiman, K E ^a   Garalde, V B ^b   Gronostaj, M ^c   Jackson, K A ^a   Beam, S ^d   Joseph, L ^a   Saupe, A ^e   Ricotta, E ^f   Waechter, H ^g   Wellman, A ^h   Adams Cameron, M ⁱ   Ray, G ^j   Fields, A ^b   Chen, Y ^b   Datta, A ^b   Burall, L ^b   Sabol, A ^a   Kucerova, Z ^a   Trees, E ^a   Metz, M ^b   Leblanc, P ^b   Lance, S ^b   Griffin, P M ^a   Tauxe, R V ^a   Silk, B J ^a   more..

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Allegheny County Health Department   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^e MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^f MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^g NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^h VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^j District of Columbia Department of Health   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Cheese; contamination; Listeria; outbreak

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CHEESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS WASTAGE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN; INFANT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOODBORNE DISEASES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEESE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84934342624     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881500117X     Document Type: Article

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