Salmonella enterica Serovar Szentes, a Rare Serotype Causing a 9-Month Outbreak in 2013 and 2014 in Switzerland

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 887-890

  Nüesch Inderbinen, Magdalena ^a   Cernela, Nicole ^a   Althaus, Denise ^a   Hächler, Herbert ^a   Stephan, Roger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; MALE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA ENTERICA SEROVAR SZENTES; SEROTYPE; SPROUT; SUMMER; SWITZERLAND; VERY ELDERLY; EDIBLE PLANT; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; INTOXICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SEEDLING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANTS, EDIBLE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SEEDLINGS; SEROGROUP; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84946733920     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2015.1996     Document Type: Article

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