Sporadic Salmonella enterica serotype Javiana infections in Georgia and Tennessee: A hypothesis-generating study

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 340-346

  Clarkson, L S ^a   Tobin D'angelo, M ^a   Shuler, C ^a   Hanna, S ^b   Benson, J ^a   Voetsch, A C ^c  

^a Georgia Division of Public Health   (United States)

^b State of Tennessee   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Salmonella; Salmonella enterica; Salmonellosis; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

WELL WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POULTRY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE; TOMATO; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; FOOD CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REPTILE; RISK; SEROTYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; GEORGIA; HUMANS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POULTRY; REPTILES; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPING; TENNESSEE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76549102293     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268809990586     Document Type: Article

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