Population-based surveillance study of Campylobacter infections in Finland

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1712-1718

  Nakari, U M ^a   Huovinen, E ^a   Kuusi, M ^a   Siitonen, A ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; Epidemiology; Serotype

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; CAMPYLOBACTER UPSALIENSIS; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTYPE; SUMMER; TRAVEL; WINTER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; FEMALE; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; SEASON; SEROTYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS; SEROTYPING; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149260350     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268810000567     Document Type: Article

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