Utilizing a combination of molecular and spatial tools to assess the effect of a public health intervention

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 242-253

  Muellner, P ^a,b   Marshall, J C ^a   Spencer, S E F ^a,g   Noble, A D ^a   Shadbolt, T ^c   Collins Emerson, J M ^a   Midwinter, A C ^a   Carter, P E ^d   Pirie, R ^d   Wilson, D J ^e   Campbell, D M ^f   Stevenson, M A ^a   French, N P ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Epi interactive Ltd   (New Zealand)

^c PALMERSTON NORTH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f New Zealand Food Safety Authority   (New Zealand)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; Intervention; Molecular epidemiology; Risk attribution; Spatial epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD DISEASE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; EVALUATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEW ZEALAND; POULTRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; URBAN POPULATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BAYES THEOREM; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEW ZEALAND; POULTRY; POULTRY DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; URBAN POPULATION;

BOVIDAE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 80855160412     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2011.07.011     Document Type: Article

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