Incidence and Tracking of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in a Major Produce Production Region in California

Michael Cooley; Diana Carychao; Leta Crawford-Miksza; Michele T. Jay; Carol Myers; Christopher Rose; Christine Keys; Jeff Farrar; Robert E. Mandrell

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0001159

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Incidence and Tracking of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in a Major Produce Production Region in California

Michael Cooley ,

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mcooley@pw.usda.gov (MC); mandrell@pw.usda.gov (RM)

Affiliation Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, California, United States of America
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Diana Carychao,

Affiliation Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, California, United States of America
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Leta Crawford-Miksza,

Affiliation California Department of Health Services, Food and Drug Laboratory Branch, Richmond, California, United States of America
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Michele T. Jay,

Affiliation California Department of Health Services, Food and Drug Laboratory Branch, Richmond, California, United States of America
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Carol Myers,

Affiliation California Department of Health Services, Food and Drug Branch, California, United States of America
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Christopher Rose,

Affiliation Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board, California Environmental Protection Agency, San Louis Obispo, California, United States of America
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Christine Keys,

Affiliation Food and Drug Administration/Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN)/Office of Plant and Dairy Foods (OPDF)/DMS, College Park, Maryland, United States of America
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Jeff Farrar,

Affiliation California Department of Health Services, Food and Drug Branch, California, United States of America
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Robert E. Mandrell

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mcooley@pw.usda.gov (MC); mandrell@pw.usda.gov (RM)

Affiliation Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, California, United States of America
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Incidence and Tracking of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in a Major Produce Production Region in California

Michael Cooley,
Diana Carychao,
Leta Crawford-Miksza,
Michele T. Jay,
Carol Myers,
Christopher Rose,
Christine Keys,
Jeff Farrar,
Robert E. Mandrell

Published: November 14, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0001159

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Citation update

Posted by mandrell on 27 Nov 2007 at 00:07 GMT

Jay MT, Cooley MB, Carychao D, Wiscomb GW, Sweitzer RA, et al. (2007) Escherichia coli O157:H7 in feral swine near spinach fields and cattle, central California coast
http://plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0001159#article1.body1.sec2.sec2.p1

Jay M, Cooley M, Carychao D, Wiscomb GW, Sweitzer RA, Crawford-Miksza L, Farrar JA, Lau DK, O’Connell J, Millington A, Asmundson RV, Atwill ER, and Mandrell RE. 2007. Escherichia coli O157:H7 in feral swine near spinach fields and cattle, central California coast. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 13:1908-1911.

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