Salmonella spp.

 

ACROSS

 

1. Type of source exposure suggested by epidemic curve (10)

2. See 2 down (4)

3. See 5 across (4)

4. The Hertfordshire Cadbury's site implicated in this outbreak (9)

5. and 3. Number of non-travel associated isolates of human origin received by the LEP between 1st March and 19th June 2006 (5,4) 

6 Daniel_____ Salmon - the man whom this genus was named after (5)

 

 

DOWN

 

1. Alternative to Ditch Plate method (7)

2 and 2 across. The only region to appear unaffected as of 19th June 2006 (5,4)

3. Acronym of the UK body that issued an alert on 23rd June 2006 (5,4)

4. One the Cadbury's dairy milk varieties that was recalled (7)

5. Number of isolates received by LEP between 1st March and 19th June 2005 (8)

6. Antigens of Salmonella montevideo; O6, 7 H g, m, s, (Ph one, No Ph _____ ag)(3)

7. Acronym of the method used by the HPA to provide the outbreak profile SmvdX07 (4)

8. On retrospective examination, nine anonymised, _____-related isolates of Salmonella montevideo were referred to the HPA Cfl between February and May 2006 for identification and serotyping (4)

 

REFERENCES

 

·         CDR Weekly, Vol. 16, No. 25: 22^nd June 2006 (www.hpa.org.uk/cdr)

·         CDR Weekly, Vol. 16, No. 26: 29^th June 2006 (as above)

·         CDR Weekly, Vol. 16, No. 29: 20^th July 2006 (as above)

·         BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk/news): 21^st July 2006

·         www.hpa-standardmethods.org.uk/documents/bsopTP/pdf/bsoptp32.pdf

·         Food alert: 23^rd June 2006 (www.food.gov.uk/enforcement/alerts)

·         www.google.co.uk

·         Kauffmann-White scheme

 

 

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