The spatial distribution of campylobacteriosis in New Zealand, 1997-2005

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1359-1371

  Rind, E ^a,c   Pearce, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campylobacteriosis; ecological study; geographical determinants; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LAND USE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; ADOLESCENT; CAMPYLOBACTER; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; FOOD POISONING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FOOD SUPPLY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; VEGETABLES;

EID: 77956399860     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881000018X     Document Type: Article

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