Lessons learned from a textbook outbreak: EHEC-O157: H7 infections associated with the consumption of raw meat products, June 2012, Limburg, Belgium

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Braeye, Toon ^a   Denayer, Sarah ^a   De Rauw, Klara ^b   Forier, Anmarie ^c   Verluyten, Jurgen ^d   Fourie, Ludo ^d   Dierick, Katelijne ^a   Botteldoorn, Nadine ^a   Quoilin, Sophie ^a   Cosse, Pascale ^d   Noyen, Jeannine ^d   Pierard, Denis ^b  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c Agency for Care and Health   (Belgium)

^d Federal Agency for Safety of the Food Chain   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Enterohaemorrhagic E. coli EHEC; Escherichia coli O157; Food borne infections; IS629 printing; Outbreaks; PFGE; Vero cytotoxin producing E. coli VTEC

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969657804     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-3258-72-44     Document Type: Article

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