RAW HAMBURGER: AN INTERSTATE COMMON SOURCE OF HUMAN SALMONELLOSIS

An Interstate common-source outbreak of salmonellosis was first detected In the United States In September and October, 1975, when a tenfold Increase In Salmonella newport isolates was noted through routine salmonella surveillance by the Colorado Department of Health. Eighteen primary cases with a d...

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Published in:American journal of epidemiology 1978-01, Vol.107 (1), p.36-45
Main Authors: FONTAINE, ROBERT E., ARNON, STEPHEN, MARTIN, W. T., VERNON, THOMAS M, GANGAROSA, EUGENE J., FARMER, JOHN J., MORAN, ALICE B., SILLIKER, JOHN H., DECKER, D. L.
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Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Colorado
diarrhea
disease outbreaks
Disease Outbreaks - epidemiology
Drug Resistance, Microbial
Female
Florida
Humans
Infant
Male
Maryland
Meat
meat-packing Industry
Middle Aged
salmonella
Salmonella - drug effects
Salmonella Food Poisoning - epidemiology
salmonella food polcaing
salmonella infections
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Summary:An Interstate common-source outbreak of salmonellosis was first detected In the United States In September and October, 1975, when a tenfold Increase In Salmonella newport isolates was noted through routine salmonella surveillance by the Colorado Department of Health. Eighteen primary cases with a distinctive antibiotic resistance pattern (tetracycline, streptomycin, and sulfonamides) were evaluated in a case-control study, and Illness was found to be associated with eating raw hamburger (p
ISSN:0002-9262
1476-6256
DOI:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112505