An outbreak of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157 caused by ingestion of contaminated beef at grilled meat-restaurant chain stores in the Kinki District in Japan: epidemiological analysis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis.

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  • Hidetaka Tsuji
  • Kokichi Hamada
  • Shinya Kawanishi
  • Akifumi Nakayama
  • Hiroshi Nakajima
چکیده

Infectious Disease Research Division, Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Arata-cho 2-1-29, Hyogo-ku, Kobe 652-0032, Himeji City Institute of Environment and Health, Sakata-machi 3, Himeji 670-0931, Division of Virology and Bacteriology, Nara Prefectural Institute for Hygiene and Environment, Ohmori-cho 57-6, Nara 630-8131 and Department of Microbiology, Okayama Prefectural Institute for Environmental Science and Public Health, Uchio 739-1, Okayama 701-0298

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Japanese journal of infectious diseases

دوره 55 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2002