Space-time patterns of Campylobacter spp. colonization in broiler flocks, 2002-2006

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1336-1345

  Jonsson, M E ^a   Norstrom M ^a   Sandberg, M ^b   Ersboll A K ^c   Hofshagen, M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Broiler; Campylobacter; K function; spatial epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BROILER; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LANDSCAPE; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; RISK FACTOR; SUMMER; TREND STUDY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BIRD DISEASE; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHICKENS; NORWAY; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPACE-TIME CLUSTERING;

EID: 77956630322     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810000051     Document Type: Article

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