Estimating the burden of acute gastroenteritis, foodborne disease, and pathogens commonly transmitted by food: An international review

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 698-704

  Flint, James A ^a,b   Van Duynhoven, Yvonne T ^c   Angulo, Fredrick J ^d   DeLong, Stephanie M ^d   Braun, Peggy ^f   Kirk, Martyn ^g   Scallan, Elaine ^d   Fitzgerald, Margaret ⁱ   Adak, Goutam K ^j   Sockett, Paul ^b   Ellis, Andrea ^b   Hall, Gillian ^h   Gargouri, Neyla ^k   Walke, Henry ^e   Braam, Peter ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

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

^d NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^g AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h The Australian National University   (Australia)

ⁱ Eastern Regional Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

^j PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^k Ministry of Health   (Jordan)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; AUSTRALIA; BRUCELLA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CANADA; DIARRHEA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; FOODBORNE DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; IRELAND; NETHERLANDS; NOROVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; ENGLAND; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; IRELAND; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 23844448700     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/432064     Document Type: Review

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