Common source outbreaks of Campylobacter infection in the USA, 1997-2008

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 987-996

  Taylor, E V ^a   Herman, K M ^b   Ailes, E C ^c   Fitzgerald, C ^b   Yoder, J S ^b   Mahon, B E ^b   Tauxe, R V ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c Ihrc Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial infections; Campylobacter; epidemiology; foodborne infections; outbreaks

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DISEASE DURATION; EPIDEMIC; FEVER; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD POISONING; FOOD PROCESSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MIXED INFECTION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; SALMONELLA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; VOMITING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRINKING WATER; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MEAT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POULTRY; RECREATION; SEAFOOD; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84875988295     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812001744     Document Type: Article

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