Were Shigellosis Outbreaks Occurring in Denmark and Australia on August 2007 Linked to Consumption of Imported Raw Baby Corn from Thailand?

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  • Sasitorn Tikumrum Bureau of Epidemiology. Department of Disease Control
  • Preecha Prempree Bureau of Epidemiology. Department of Disease Control
  • Panitee Thammavijjaya Bureau of Epidemiology. Department of Disease Control
  • Aumaporn Sivilia Department of Agriculture
  • Potjaman Siriarayaporn Bureau of Epidemiology. Department of Disease Control

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2024-06-09

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Tikumrum, S., Prempree, P., Thammavijjaya, P., Sivilia, A., & Siriarayaporn, P. (2024). Were Shigellosis Outbreaks Occurring in Denmark and Australia on August 2007 Linked to Consumption of Imported Raw Baby Corn from Thailand?. Weekly Epidemiological Surveillance Report, 39(39), 685–689. retrieved from https://he05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/WESR/article/view/2417

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