Carriage of Clostridium difficile and Other Enteric Pathogens Among a 4-H Avocational Cohort

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 192-199

  Mcnamara, S E ^a   Abdujamilova, N ^b   Somsel, P ^a   Gordoncillo, M J ^b   Dedecker, J M ^b   Bartlett, P C ^b  

^a MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

4 H; Campylobacter; Clostridium difficile; County fair; Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FARM ANIMAL; GOAT; HORSE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SHEEP; SWINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; CAMPYLOBACTER; CARRIER STATE; CATTLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA;

ANIMALIA; BOS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAPRA HIRCUS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; EQUIDAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OVIS ARIES; SALMONELLA; SUIDAE;

EID: 79953748686     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2010.01338.x     Document Type: Article

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