Trends in Campylobacter incidence in broilers and humans in six European countries, 1997-2007

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 33-41

  Jore, S ^a   Viljugrein, H ^a   Brun, E ^a   Heier, B T ^b   Borck, B ^c   Ethelberg, S ^d   Hakkinen, M ^e   Kuusi, M ^f   Reiersen, J ^g,h   Hansson, I ⁱ   Olsson Engvall, E ⁱ   Lofdahl M ^j   Wagenaar, J A ^k,l,m   van Pelt, W ⁿ   Hofshagen, M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^e NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^g Icelandic Food and Veterinary Authority   (Iceland)

^h Reykjagardur   (Iceland)

ⁱ NATIONAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^j SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^k UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^l WHO Collaborating Centre for Campylobacter   (Netherlands)

^m WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

ⁿ NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Broiler; Campylobacter; Campylobacteriosis; Human; Seasonality; Time series; Trends

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; SEASON; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHICKENS; EUROPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POULTRY DISEASES; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TEMPERATURE;

CAMPYLOBACTER;

EID: 73449113630     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2009.09.015     Document Type: Article

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