Population-based surveillance for Yersinia enterocolitica infections in FoodNet sites, 1996-1999: Higher risk of disease in infants and minority populations

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2004, Pages

  Ray, Susan M ^a,b   Ahuja, Shama D ^b   Blake, Paul A ^b,c   Farley, Monica M ^a,b,d   Samuel, Michael ^f   Fiorentino, Therese ^g   Swanson, Ellen ^h   Cassidy, Maureen ⁱ   Lay, Jenny C ^e   Van Gilder, Thomas ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Georgia Emerging Infections Program   (United States)

^c Georgia Division of Public Health   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^f CA Emerging Infections Program   (United States)

^g CT Emerging Infections Program   (United States)

^h MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ OREGON PUBLIC HEALTH DIVISION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FECES CULTURE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MINORITY GROUP; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SCREENING TEST; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; YERSINIA; YERSINIOSIS; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; INFANT; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; UNITED STATES; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; UNITED STATES; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 11144357020     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/381585     Document Type: Review

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