Campylobacteriosis rates show age-related static bimodal and seasonality trends

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 1337, 2011, Pages

  Nelson, Warrick ^a   Harris, Ben ^b  

^a 888 Management Ltd   (New Zealand)

^b Southern Community Laboratories   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CANADA; CHILD; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; NEW ZEALAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 79959817492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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