Estimation of the under-reporting rate for the surveillance of Escherichia coli O157: H7 cases in Ontario, Canada

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-45

  Michel, P ^a   Wilson, J B ^a,c   Wayne Martin, S ^a   Clarke, R C ^b   McEwen, S A ^a   Gyles, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c LAB CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI ENDOTOXIN;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANADA; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTRATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ONTARIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 0033778333     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026889900374X     Document Type: Article

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