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Epidemiologic Typing of <i>Salmonella enterica</i> Serotype Enteritidis in a Canada-Wide Outbreak of Gastroenteritis due to Contaminated Cheese
1 Jun 2000
Abstract excerpt
A major Canada-wide outbreak of gastroenteritis due to Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis phage type (PT) 8 occurred in 1998, and this was traced to contaminated cheese in a commercial lunch pack product. Phage typing and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis linked the clinical and cheese isolates of serotype Enteritidis but failed to differentiate outbreak from nonoutbreak PT 8 strains. Further differentiation...
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