Climate variability and campylobacter infection: An international study

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 207-214

  Sari Kovats, R ^a   Edwards, Sally J ^a   Charron, Dominique ^b   Cowden, John ^c   D'Souza, Rennie M ^d   Ebi, Kristie L ^e   Gauci, Charmaine ^f   Gerner Smidt, Peter ^g   Hajat, Shakoor ^a   Hales, Simon ^h   Hernández Pezzi, Gloria ⁱ   Kriz, Bohumir ^j   Kutsar, Kuulo ^f   McKeown, Paul ^k   Mellou, Kassiani ^l   Menne, Bettina ^m   O'Brien, Sarah ⁿ   Van Pelt, Wilfrid ^o   Schmid, Hans ^p  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health   (United Kingdom)

^d The Australian National University   (Australia)

^e Exponent Health Group   (United States)

^f Department of Public Health ^*  (Estonia)

^g STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

ⁱ INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^k HEALTH PROTECTION SURVEILLANCE CENTRE   (Ireland)

^l Hellenic Ctr Infect Dis Contr   (Greece)

^m WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

ⁿ PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^o NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^p FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

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Author keywords

Campylobacter; Climate; Food; Seasonal variation; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUROPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CANADA; CLIMATE; EUROPE; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

CAMPYLOBACTER; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 20144362575     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-004-0241-3     Document Type: Article

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