Higher rate of culture-confirmed Campylobacter infections in Australia than in the USA: Is this due to differences in healthcare-seeking behaviour or stool culture frequency?

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 137, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1751-1758

  Vally, H ^a   Hall, G ^a   Scallan, E ^b   Kirk, M D ^a,c   Angulo, F J ^b  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c OzFoodNet   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Campylobacter; Incidence; USA

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHILD; COMMUNITY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FECES CULTURE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HEMATOCHEZIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; UNITED STATES; FECES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FECES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449707515     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809990161     Document Type: Article

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