Community incidence of pathogen-specific gastroenteritis: Reconstructing the surveillance pyramid for seven pathogens in seven European Union member states

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1625-1639

  Haagsma, J A ^a,b   Geenen, P L ^a   Ethelberg, S ^c   Fetsch, A ^d   Hansdotter, F ^e   Jansen, A ^f,g   Korsgaard, H ^h   O'Brien, S J ⁱ   Scavia, G ^j   Spitznagel, H ^d,f   Stefanoff, P ^k   Tam, C C ^l   Havelaar, A H ^a,m  

^a Rijks instituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^e SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^f ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^g EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

^h TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^j ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^k NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^l LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^m UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Campylobacter; gastrointestinal infections; incidence; public health; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOODY DIARRHEA; CAMPYLOBACTER; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DENMARK; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUROPEAN UNION; GASTROENTERITIS; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLAND; PROBABILITY; PYRAMID RECONSTRUCTION; SALMONELLA; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CRYPTOSPORIDIOSIS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84880356417     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812002166     Document Type: Article

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