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.
Infectious Disease Research Division, Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Kobe 652-0032, Japan.
Hidetaka
H
Tsuji
Kokichi
K
Hamada
Shinya
S
Kawanishi
Akifumi
A
Nakayama
Hiroshi
H
Nakajima
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D004927:Escherichia coli Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology*; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests