Flies, fingers, fomites, and food. Campylobacteriosis in New Zealand - Food-associated rather than food-borne

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1240, 2006, Pages

  Nelson, Warrick ^a   Harris, Ben ^b  

^a 888 Management Ltd ^*  (New Zealand)

^b Southern Community Laboratories   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHICKEN; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EPIDEMIC; FLY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FORAGING; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MEAT; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTYPE; SUMMER; WINTER; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FINGER; FOMITE; FOOD; HAND WASHING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHICKENS; DIPTERA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FINGERS; FOMITES; FOOD SERVICES; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INSECT VECTORS; NEW ZEALAND; POULTRY PRODUCTS; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

EID: 33747633416     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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