Spatial and temporal epidemiology of sporadic human cases of Escherichia coli O157 in Scotland, 1996-1999

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1033-1041

  Innocent, G T ^a,b   Mellord, D J ^a,b   McEwen, S A ^c   Reilly, W J ^d   Smallwood, J ^a,b   Locking, M E ^d   Shaw, D J ^e   Michel, P ^c   Taylor, D J ^f   Steele, W B ^f   Gunn, G J ^g   Ternent, H E ^a,b   Woolhouse, M E J ^e   Reid, Stuart W J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^g SAC Veterinary Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CATTLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 23944496486     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805003687     Document Type: Article

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