Bacillus cereus-induced food-borne outbreaks in France, 2007 to 2014: Epidemiology and genetic characterisation

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 21, Issue 48, 2016, Pages

  Glasset, B ^a,b   Herbin, S ^a   Guillier, L ^a   Cadel Six, S ^a   Vignaud, M ^a   Grout, J ^a   Pairaud, S ^a   Michel, V ^c   Hennekinne, J ^a   Ramarao, N ^b   Brisabois, Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c Produits laitiers   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN; ENTEROTOXIN; HEMOLYSIN; SODIUM PROTON EXCHANGE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CEREULIDE; DEPSIPEPTIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GENE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DIARRHEA; DNA EXTRACTION; ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE M13; FOOD; FOOD POISONING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NAUSEA; NONHUMAN; PANC GENE; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRULENCE; VOMITING; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; EPIDEMIC; FOOD CONTROL; FOODBORNE DISEASES; FRANCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; DEPSIPEPTIDES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROTOXINS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; FRANCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 85006040068     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2016.21.48.30413     Document Type: Article

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