Multi-Province Listeriosis Outbreak Linked to Contaminated Deli Meat Consumed Primarily in Institutional Settings, Canada, 2008

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 645-652

  Currie, Andrea ^a   Farber, Jeffrey M ^b   Nadon, Céline ^c   Sharma, Davendra ^d   Whitfield, Yvonne ^e   Gaulin, Colette ^f   Galanis, Eleni ^g   Bekal, Sadjia ^h   Flint, James ^a   Tschetter, Lorelee ^c   Pagotto, Franco ^b   Lee, Brenda ^e   Jamieson, Fred ^d   Badiani, Tina ^e   Macdonald, Diane ^a   Ellis, Andrea ^a   May Hadford, Jennifer ^a   McCormick, Rachel ^a   Savelli, Carmen ^a   Middleton, Dean ^e   Allen, Vanessa ^e   Tremblay, Francois William ^a   Macdougall, Laura ^g   Hoang, Linda ^g   Shyng, Sion ^g   Everett, Doug ⁱ   Chui, Linda ^j   Louie, Marie ^j   Bangura, Helen ^k   Levett, Paul N ^l   Wilkinson, Krista ^m   Wylie, John ⁿ   Reid, Janet ^o   Major, Brian ^d   Engel, Dave ^d   Douey, Donna ^d   Huszczynski, George ^d   Di Lecci, Joe ^d   Strazds, Judy ^d   Rousseau, Josée ^d   Ma, Kenneth ^d   Isaac, Leah ^d   Sierpinska, Urszula ^d   more..

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^e ONTARIO MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND LONG TERM CARE   (Canada)

^f Ministère de La Santé et des Services Sociaux du Québec   (Canada)

^g BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

^h INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

ⁱ Alberta Health   (Canada)

^j PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^k Saskatchewan Ministry of Health   (Canada)

^l Saskatchewan Disease Control Laboratory   (Canada)

^m Manitoba Health   (Canada)

ⁿ CADHAM PROVINCIAL LABORATORY   (Canada)

^o New Brunswick Enteric Reference Laboratory   (Canada)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; CANADA; DELICATESSEN MEAT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MENINGITIS; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPTICEMIA; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MEAT PRODUCTS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84938934377     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2015.1939     Document Type: Article

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