A new route of transmission for Escherichia coli: Infection from dry fermented salami

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 86, Issue 8 I, 1996, Pages 1142-1145

  Tilden Jr , John ^a,b   Young, Wallace ^e   McNamara, Ann Marie ^a   Custer, Carl ^a   Boesel, Barbra ^e   Lambert Fair, Mary Ann ^f   Majkowski, Jesse ^a   Vugia, Duc ^g   Werner, S B ^g   Hollingsworth, Jill ^a   Morris Jr , J Glenn ^a,c,d  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Food Safety and Inspection Service   (United States)

^f NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^g Division of Communicable Disease Control   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; MEAT INDUSTRY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 9444278421     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.86.8_pt_1.1142     Document Type: Article

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