Universal questionnaire needed for investigations of diffuse outbreaks of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in Japan

Jpn J Infect Dis. 2001 Oct;54(5):197-8.

Authors

T Tanaka¹, H Takahashi, M Komatsuzaki, T Matsui, K Kaku, T Ohyama, T Kishimoto, A Honda, J M Kobayashi, N Okabe

Affiliation

¹ Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan. [email protected]

PMID: 11754161

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Cattle
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
Disease Outbreaks*
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Epidemiologic Methods
Escherichia coli Infections / epidemiology*
Escherichia coli O157 / classification*
Escherichia coli O157 / genetics
Escherichia coli O157 / isolation & purification*
Food Contamination
Fruit / microbiology
Humans
Japan / epidemiology
Meat / microbiology
Surveys and Questionnaires*
United States
Vegetables / microbiology