Risk factors for campylobacteriosis of chicken, ruminant, and environmental origin: A combined case-control and source attribution analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Mughini Gras, Lapo ^a,b,c   Smid, Joost H ^b   Wagenaar, Jaap A ^d,e,f   de Boer, Albert G ^d   Havelaar, Arie H ^b,g   Friesema, Ingrid H M ^b   French, Nigel P ^h   Busani, Luca ^a   van Pelt, Wilfrid ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^g UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATTLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHICKEN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SHEEP; SWINE; ZOONOSIS;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; CHICKENS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; RUMINANTS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BOS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; OVIS ARIES; SUIDAE;

EID: 84864571431     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042599     Document Type: Article

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