The regionally of campylobacteriosis seasonally in New Zealand

International Journal of Environmental Health Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 337-348

  Hearnden, Mark ^a,d   Skelly, Chris ^b,c,e   Eyles, Rebekah ^a   Weinstein, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d Biometrics Unit   (Australia)

^e INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Campylobacteriosis; Cartograms; Disease ecology; PCA; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; REGIONAL PATTERN; SEASONALITY;

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOLOGY; FECES ANALYSIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; SEASON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; TIME; URBAN POPULATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; NEGIBACTERIA;

CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEW ZEALAND; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0345017654     PISSN: 09603123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09603120310001616128     Document Type: Article

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