Details:

Alternative Title:
Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:
Kimura, Akiko C. ; Johnson, Kammy ; Palumbo, Mary S. ; Hopkins, Jacqueline ; Boase, Janice C. ; ... More +
Kimura, Akiko C. ; Johnson, Kammy ; Palumbo, Mary S. ; Hopkins, Jacqueline ; Boase, Janice C. ; Reporter, Roshan ; Goldoft, Marcia ; Stefonek, Karen R. ; Farrar, Jeff A. ; Van Gilder, Thomas J. ; Vugia, Duc J. Less -
Description:
In 2000, shigellosis traced to a commercially prepared dip developed in 406 persons nationwide. An ill employee may have inadvertently contaminated processing equipment. This outbreak demonstrates the vulnerability of the food supply and how infectious organisms can rapidly disseminate through point-source contamination of a widely distributed food item.
Subject:
[+]
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Child
Child, Preschool
Disease Outbreaks
Dispatch
DNA, Bacterial
Dysentery, Bacillary
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Female
Food-Processing Industry
Foodborne Diseases
Food Microbiology
Gastroenteritis
Humans
Infant
Male
Middle Aged
Shigella Sonnei

Source:
Emerg Infect Dis. 10(6):1147-1149.
Document Type:
Journal Article
Place as Subject:
United States
Collection(s):
Emerging Infectious Diseases
Main Document Checksum:
[+]
urn:sha256:82249e474c1de33884a0552ef85a87edfa9ec546ef5fb1a4a77d2e815bd80a5f
File Type:

Supporting Files

• 	03-0599-F.gif	gif
  	03-0599-F.jpg	jpeg
  	03-0599.nxml	txt
  	license.txt	txt

More +