Bayesian Temporal Source Attribution of Foodborne Zoonoses: Campylobacter in Finland and Norway

Risk Analysis

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1156-1171

  Ranta, Jukka ^a   Matjushin, Dmitri ^a   Virtanen, Terhi ^a   Kuusi, Markku ^c   Viljugrein, Hildegunn ^b   Hofshagen, Merete ^b   Hakkinen, Marjaana ^a  

^a NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bayesian inference; Campylobacter; Food safety; Risk assessment; Source attribution

Indexed keywords

BAYES THEOREM; BAYESIAN APPROACHES; BAYESIAN INFERENCE; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CAMPYLOBACTERS; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; EXPLICIT MODELING; FINLAND; FOOD SOURCES; FORMAL MODEL; FULL MODEL; HUMAN INFECTION; INCOMPLETE INFORMATION; LONG TIME SERIES; MODEL FIT; MODEL PERFORMANCE; NATURAL EXPERIMENT; PROBABILISTIC CLASSIFIERS; SOURCE ATTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL SOURCES; TEMPORAL PATTERN;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; HEALTH; INFERENCE ENGINES; MONITORING; RATING; TIME SERIES;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

BACTERIUM; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH RISK; INFECTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; FINLAND; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

BAYES THEOREM; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; FINLAND; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS;

FINLAND; NORWAY;

CAMPYLOBACTER;

EID: 79959602269     PISSN: 02724332     EISSN: 15396924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01558.x     Document Type: Article

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