Results from the first computerised Italian surveillance of human Salmonella isolates

New Microbiologica

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 367-382

  Scuderi, G ^a   Fantasia, M ^a   Niglio, T ^a   Di Giannatale, E ^b   Altucci, P ^c   Benassi, A ^d   Mucignat, G ^e   Pontello, M ^f   Pizzigalli, C ^g   Ricci, N ^b,h   Manuppella, A ^h   Galipo A ⁱ   Miotti, T ^j   Ocelli, C ^j   Gaffodio, A M ^j   Rizzo, G ^k   Muresu, S ^l   Nastasi, A ^m   Caroli, G ⁿ   Levre E ⁿ   Pagoretti, S ^o   Dell'Eva, I ^p   Sempio, L ^q   Ceol, A ^r   Scardellato, U ^s   Mottola, A ^s   more..

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b IZS   (Italy)

^c FEDERICO II UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d PMP   (Italy)

^e Ospedale   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^g USL 3   (Italy)

^h PMIP   (Italy)

ⁱ USL 51   (Italy)

^j USL 1   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^l UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^o LMP   (Italy)

^p SIP   (Italy)

^q Lab Multizonale Epidemiologia S   (Italy)

^r LSP   (Italy)

^s USL 10   (Italy)

more..

Author keywords

Italy; S. Enteritidis; S. Typhimurium; Salmonellosis; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EUROPEAN UNION; FACTUAL DATABASE; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0034303281     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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