• DOI:10.1017/S0950268815002320
Corpus ID: 26630003

Multistate product traceforward investigation to link imported romaine lettuce to a US cyclosporiasis outbreak – Nebraska, Texas, and Florida, June–August 2013

@article{Buss2015MultistatePT,
  title={Multistate product traceforward investigation to link imported romaine lettuce to a US cyclosporiasis outbreak – Nebraska, Texas, and Florida, June–August 2013},
  author={B. Buss and M. Joshi and J. Dement and V. Cantu and T. Safranek},
  journal={Epidemiology and Infection},
  year={2015},
  volume={144},
  pages={2709 - 2718}
}

• B. Buss, M. Joshi, +2 authors T. Safranek
• Published 2015
• Medicine, Biology
• Epidemiology and Infection

SUMMARY During June–August 2013, 25 US states reported 631 cyclosporiasis cases including Nebraska and Iowa where a regional investigation implicated common-source imported salad mix served in two chain restaurants. At least two common-origin growing fields were likely sources of contaminated romaine lettuce. Using producer- and distributor-provided data, we conducted a grower-specific traceforward investigation to reveal exposures of ill US residents elsewhere who reported symptom onset during… Expand

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