Epidemiology of enteric disease in C-EnterNet's pilot site - Waterloo region, Ontario, 1990 to 2004

Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 79-87

  Keegan, Victoria A ^a,b   Majowicz, Shannon E ^a,b   Pearl, David L ^a   Marshall, Barbara J ^b   Sittler, Nancy ^b,c   Knowles, Lewinda ^c   Wilson, Jeffery B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Region of Waterloo Public Health   (Canada)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Canada; Gastroenteritis; Giardia; Ontario; Population surveillance; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CANADA; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FOOD; GIARDIASIS; HOME; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLOSIS; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SUMMER; SYMPTOM; TRAVEL;

EID: 70350136290     PISSN: 17129532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/978784     Document Type: Article

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