Investigation into a national outbreak of STEC O157:H7 associated with frozen beef burgers, UK, 2017

In November 2017, Public Health England identified an outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 in England where whole genome sequencing results indicated cases were likely to be linked to a common source, and began investigations. Hypothesis generation included a review of enhanced...

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Published in:	Epidemiology and infection Vol. 148; p. e215
Main Authors:	Byrne, Lisa, Kaindama, Lukeki, Bentley, Maria, Jenkins, Claire, Aird, Heather, Oliver, Isabel, Paranthaman, Karthik
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.01.2020
Subjects:	Beef Cooking E coli Epidemics Epidemiology Food contamination & poisoning Food packaging Food safety Freezers Frozen foods Gene sequencing Genomes Health surveillance Hypotheses Infections Laboratories Legislation Loyalty cards Microbiology Original Paper Outbreaks Product recalls Product safety Public health Questionnaires Retail stores Salmonella Shelf life Shiga toxin Supermarkets Toxins Trawling Vehicles Whole genome sequencing United Kingdom > UK England Scotland gastrointestinal infections outbreaks Food-borne infections Shiga-like toxin-producing E. coli
ISSN:	0950-2688, 1469-4409, 1469-4409
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