Estimating the true incidence of campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis in the European Union, 2009

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 293-302

  Havelaar, A H ^a,b   Ivarsson, S ^c   Lofdahl M ^c   Nauta, M J ^d  

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

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; gastroenteritis; infectious disease epidemiology; Salmonella; travellers' infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLOSIS;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHICKENS; EUROPEAN UNION; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MEAT; NETHERLANDS; RISK; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SWEDEN; TRAVEL;

EID: 84876945294     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812000568     Document Type: Article

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