The burden of self-reported acute gastrointestinal illness in Italy: A retrospective survey, 2008-2009

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1193-1206

  Scavia, G ^a   Baldinelli, F ^a   Busani, L ^a,b   Caprioli, A ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Foodborne infections; gastroenteritis; Italy; telephone survey

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; DIGESTIVE TRACT SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ACUTE GASTROENTERITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; CAMPYLOBACTER; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSULTATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF MEDICATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHIGELLA; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE; YERSINIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861050864     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268811002020     Document Type: Review

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