A new route of transmission for Escherichia coli: infection from dry fermented salami.

Tilden, John; Young, W.A.; M McNamara, A; Custer, Carl; Boesel, Barbra; A Lambert-Fair, M; Majkowski, Jesse; J. Vugia, Duc; Benson Werner, S.; B. Hollingsworth, J.; Glenn Morris, J.

doi:10.2105/ajph.86.8_pt_1.1142

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A new route of transmission for Escherichia coli: infection from dry fermented salami.

Published in American Journal of Public Health • Aug 1, 1996

Authors:

John Tilden

W.A. Young

A M McNamara

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the production of dry fermented salami associated with an outbreak of Escherichia coli O157.H7 infection in Washington State and California. METHODS: Facility inspections, review of plant monitoring data, food handler interviews, and microbiological testing of salami...

Subject

Escherichia coli

Outbreak

Fermentation

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