Web-based investigation of multistate salmonellosis outbreak.
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.
Srikantiah
Padmini
P
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
Bodager
Dean
D
Toth
Bill
B
Kass-Hout
Taha
T
Hammond
Roberta
R
Stenzel
Sara
S
Hoekstra
R M
RM
Adams
Jennifer
J
Van Duyne
Susan
S
Mead
Paul S
PS
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