Seasonality in human salmonellosis: Assessment of human activities and chicken contamination as driving factors

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 785-794

  Ravel, André ^a,b   Smolina, E ^c   Sargeant, Jan M ^c   Cook, Angela ^a   Marshall, Barbara ^a   Fleury, Manon D ^a   Pollari, Frank ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CANADA; CHICKEN MEAT; CHILD; COOKING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GARDENING; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTYPE; SUMMER; ANIMAL; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FECES; FOOD CONTROL; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEISURE; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK FACTOR; SEASON; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROTYPING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CANADA; CHICKENS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MEAT; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SEASONS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEROTYPING;

EID: 77954520875     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2009.0460     Document Type: Article

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