A Multistate Investigation of Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serotype I 4,[5],12:i:- Infections as Part of an International Outbreak Associated with Frozen Feeder Rodents

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 62-71

  Cartwright, E J ^a,b,c   Nguyen, T ^b   Melluso, C ^d   Ayers, T ^b   Lane, C ^e   Hodges, A ^d   Li, X ^d   Quammen, J ^b   Yendell, S J ^a,b   Adams, J ^f   Mitchell, J ^b   Rickert, R ^b   Klos, R ^g   Williams, I T ^b   Barton Behravesh, C ^b   Wright, J ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

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

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^g WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Frozen feeder rodents; Outbreak; Reptiles; Salmonella; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL FOOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SAFETY; FROZEN FEEDER RODENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; RISK REDUCTION; RODENT; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHOID FEVER; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; INFANT; INTERVIEW; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUSE; PET ANIMAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RAT; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; HUMANS; INFANT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; PETS; RATS; REPTILES; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953840262     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12205     Document Type: Article

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