Severity of infection and seasonal variation of non-typhoid Salmonella occurrence in humans

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 93-99

  Gradel, K O ^a   Dethlefsen, C ^a   Schonheyder H C ^a   Ejlertsen, T ^a   Sorensen H T ^b   Thomsen, R W ^b   Nielsen, H ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33751378366     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268806006686     Document Type: Article

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