title: Web-based investigation of multistate salmonellosis outbreak.
abstract: We investigated a large outbreak of Salmonella enterica serotype Javiana among attendees of the 2002 U.S. Transplant Games, including 1,500 organ transplant recipients. Web-based survey methods identified pre-diced tomatoes as the source of this outbreak, which highlights the utility of such investigative tools to cope with the changing epidemiology of foodborne diseases.
authors.affiliation: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
authors.forename: Padmini
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Srikantiah
authors.forename: Dean
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bodager
authors.forename: Bill
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Toth
authors.forename: Taha
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kass-Hout
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hammond
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stenzel
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Hoekstra
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Adams
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Van Duyne
authors.forename: Paul S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Mead
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003625:Data Collection; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D018551:Solanum lycopersicum; D012307:Risk Factors; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D019779:Salmonella enterica / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014180:Transplantation