Sources of sporadic Yersinia enterocolitica infection in children in Sweden, 2004: A case-control study

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 897-905

  Boqvist, Sofia ^a   Pettersson, H ^b   Svensson, A ^c   Andersson, Y ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Case control; Children; Foodborne illness; Risk factor; Yersinia enterocolitica

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; RAW MEAT; RISK FACTOR; SWEDEN; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIOSIS; ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOMITE; FOOD CONTROL; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; SWINE; YERSINIA INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOMITES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MEAT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RISK; SWEDEN; SWINE; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 67649729207     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268808001209     Document Type: Article

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