Analysis of the FoodNet case-control study of sporadic Salmonella serotype Enteritidis infections using persons infected with other Salmonella serotypes as the comparison group

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 408-416

  Voetsch, A C ^a,b   Poole, C ^a   Hedberg, C W ^c   Hoekstra, R M ^b   Ryder, R W ^a   Weber, D J ^a,d   Angulo, F J ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control studies; Epidemiological methods; Salmonella infections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHICKEN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKED FOOD; DISEASE DURATION; EGG; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTYPE; TRAVEL; UNDERCOOKED FOOD; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTROL; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64549161226     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808000897     Document Type: Article

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