Seasonality in human zoonotic enteric diseases: A systematic review

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Lal, Aparna ^a   Hales, Simon ^a   French, Nigel ^b   Baker, Michael G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GIARDIASIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTESTINE INFECTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; SALMONELLOSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPRING; SUMMER; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; DISEASE CARRIER; ENTEROPATHY; INCIDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; REVIEW; SEASON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GIARDIASIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTESTINAL DISEASES; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SEASONS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84859243954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031883     Document Type: Article

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