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E F Coyle1, S R Palmer, C D Ribeiro
1Cardiff Public Health Laboratory, University Hospital of Wales.
Abstract:
Epidemiological and microbiological investigation of the four outbreaks of Salmonella enteritidis phage type (PT) 4 that occurred in Wales in 1988 implicated foods containing shell eggs from hens as the vehicle of infection. In a case-control study of sporadic cases there was a significant association between infection and egg consumption in the 3 days before illness. These findings provide data to support the warnings from the Departments of Health in the United Kingdom about risks of infection from eating raw or undercooked hens' eggs.
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