Epidemiology of listeriosis in Austria

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 113-119

  Kasper, Sabine ^a   Huhulescu, Steliana ^a   Auer, Bettina ^a   Heller, Ingrid ^b   Karner, Franz ^b   Würzner, Reinhard ^b   Wagner, Martin ^c   Allerberger, Franz ^a,b  

^a AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Incidence; Lethality; Listeria monocytogenes; Pregnancy; Serotype

Indexed keywords

AUSTRIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EPIDEMIC; FATALITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; NEWBORN DEATH; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEROTYPE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LISTERIA INFECTIONS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK FACTORS; SEROTYPING; STILLBIRTH; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 62449108820     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-008-1130-2     Document Type: Review

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