Risk attribution of Campylobacter infection by age group using exposure modelling

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 138, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1748-1761

  Buettner, S ^a   Wieland, B ^b   Staerk, K D C ^b   Regula, G ^c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL VETERINARY OFFICE   (Switzerland)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Modelling; Public health; Risk assessment; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EXPOSURE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POULTRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SWITZERLAND; TRAVEL; ADULT; ANIMAL; CAMPYLOBACTER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD POISONING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; ZOONOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POULTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWITZERLAND; TRAVEL; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 78149275859     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881000155X     Document Type: Article

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