Cattle, weather and water: Mapping Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections in humans in England and Scotland

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2633-2644

  Money, P ^a   Kelly, A F ^a   Gould, S W J ^a   Denholm Price, J ^a   Threlfall, E J ^b   Fielder, M D ^a  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEASON; UNITED KINGDOM; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENGLAND; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; SCOTLAND; SEASONS; WEATHER;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77957297197     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02293.x     Document Type: Review

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