Details

Date1899
AuthorAnon.
ContributionReported an outbreak of microbial "meat poisoning" (salmonellosis) in Belgium.
ReferenceAnon.
NotesIt was found to be caused by a germ serologically distinct from the Bacillus (Salmonella) enteritidis implicated in other outbreaks (see 1898). This was later found to be Salmonella typhi-murium.
CategoryCausation
Pathogen ClassBacteria

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