A nationwide outbreak of multiresistant Salmonella Typhimurium in Finland due to contaminated lettuce from Spain, May 2005

Euro Surveill. 2005 Jun 30;10(6):E050630.1. doi: 10.2807/esw.10.26.02734-en.

Authors

Johanna Takkinen¹, Ulla-Maija Nakari, Tuula Johansson, Taina Niskanen, Anja Siitonen, Markku Kuusi

Affiliation

¹ National Public Health Institute (KTL), Helsinki, Finland. [email protected]

PMID: 16783108
DOI: 10.2807/esw.10.26.02734-en

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Case-Control Studies
Commerce
Disease Outbreaks / statistics & numerical data*
Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial
Finland / epidemiology
Food Contamination / statistics & numerical data*
Food Microbiology
Humans
Incidence
Lactuca / microbiology*
Population Surveillance*
Risk Assessment / methods
Risk Factors
Salmonella Food Poisoning / epidemiology*
Salmonella Food Poisoning / microbiology
Salmonella typhimurium / classification
Salmonella typhimurium / isolation & purification
Spain / epidemiology