Using sequence data to identify alternative routes and risk of infection: A case-study of campylobacter in Scotland

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bessell, Paul R ^a,e   Rotariu, Ovidiu ^b   Innocent, Giles T ^a   Smith Palmer, Alison ^c   Strachan, Norval J C ^b   Forbes, Ken J ^b   Cowden, John M ^c   Reid, Stuart W J ^d   Matthews, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIRD; BOVIDS; CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CASE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POULTRY; RISK FACTOR; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WINTER; ANIMAL; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; ZOONOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; POULTRY; RUMINANTS; SCOTLAND; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84859055752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-12-80     Document Type: Article

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