Molecular epidemiology of human Campylobacter jejuni shows association between seasonal and international patterns of disease

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 140, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2247-2255

  McCarthy, N D ^a,b   Gillespie, I A ^b,c   Lawson, A J ^b   Richardson, J ^b   Neal, K R ^b,d   Hawtin, P R ^b   Maiden, M C J ^a   O'brien, S J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; epidemiology; gastrointestinal infections; genetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CLADISTICS; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FINLAND; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENGLAND; FINLAND; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NEW ZEALAND; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SEASONS;

EID: 84869481467     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812000192     Document Type: Article

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