Urban-rural differences of age- and species-specific campylobacteriosis incidence, Hesse, Germany, July 2005 - June 2006

Eurosurveillance

Volumn 15, Issue 42, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Fitzenberger, J ^a   Uphoff, H ^a   Gawrich, S ^a   Hauri, A M ^a  

^a Hesse State Health Office   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLASSIFICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049511410     PISSN: 1025496X     EISSN: 15607917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2807/ese.15.42.19693-en     Document Type: Article

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