The use of outbreak information in the interpretation of clustering of reported cases of Escherichia coli O157 in space and time in Alberta, Canada, 2000-2002

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 699-711

  Pearl, D L ^a   Louie, M ^b   Chui, L ^b   Dore K ^c   Grimsrud, K M ^d   Leedell, D ^b   Martin, S W ^a   Michel, P ^c   Svenson, L W ^d   McEwen, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b PROVINCIAL LABORATORY FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (Canada)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d Alberta Health and Wellness   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; STATISTICS; SUMMER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALBERTA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SOFTWARE; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING;

EID: 33745535211     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268805005741     Document Type: Article

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