Epidemiological characteristics of reported sporadic and outbreak cases of E. coli O157 in people from Alberta, Canada (2000-2002): Methodological challenges of comparing clustered to unclustered data

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 483-491

  Pearl, D L ^a   Louie, M ^b   Chui, L ^b   Dore K ^c   Grimsrud, K M ^d   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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CANADA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBERTA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING;

EID: 40449119293     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268807008904     Document Type: Article

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