Identifying the seasonal origins of human campylobacteriosis

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1267-1275

  Strachan, N J C ^a   Rotariu, O ^a   Smith Palmer, A ^b   Cowden, J ^b   Sheppard, S K ^c   O'Brien, S J ^d   Maiden, M C J ^c   MacRae, M ^a   Bessell, P R ^e   Matthews, L ^e   Reid, S W J ^f   Innocent, G T ^e   Ogden, I D ^a   Forbes, K J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b HEALTH PROTECTION SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial typing; Campylobacter; foodborne zoonoses; modelling; molecular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHICKEN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TRAVEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRDS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHICKENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; RURAL POPULATION; SCOTLAND; SEASONS; TRAVEL; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876934616     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812002063     Document Type: Article

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