Open AccessThe protective effect of alcoholic beverages in a foodborne outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis PT1 in northern Portugal
Author(s) -
A M Correia,
Guilherme Gonçalves,
Ana Luiza de Lemos Gomes,
M. Beatriz P.P. Oliveira,
José Ângelo Gonçalves,
M.J. Miranda,
Omer Cavalcanti de Almeida
Publication year - 2003
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 9999-1233
DOI - 10.2807/esw.07.13.02195-en
Subject(s) - salmonella enteritidis , outbreak , environmental health , salmonella , medicine , geography , food science , biology , virology , genetics , bacteria
On 23 October 2002 the Centro Regional de Saúde Pública do Norte (CRSPN) was informed that several people had been admitted to hospital with gastroenteritis. Preliminary information collected that day showed that the patients, resident in different municipalities, had attended a lunch party in a restaurant on 20 October.