Estimated burden of human Salmonella, Shigella, and Brucella infections in Jordan, 2003-2004

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 481-486

  Gargouri, Neyla ^a,e   Walke, Henry ^b   Belbeisi, Adel ^a   Hadadin, Aktham ^a   Salah, Seifeddin ^a   Ellis, Andrea ^c   Braam, H P ^d   Angulo, Frederick J ^b  

^a Ministry of Health   (Jordan)

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

^c PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^e HIKMA PHARMACEUTICALS   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL VALIDITY; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROLOGY; SHIGELLA; SHIGELLOSIS; VALIDATION STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; INFANT; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BRUCELLA; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRUCELLOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMANS; INFANT; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650742215     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2008.0192     Document Type: Article

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