A prospective case-control and molecular epidemiological study of human cases of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in New Zealand

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jaros, Patricia ^a   Cookson, Adrian L ^b   Campbell, Donald M ^c   Besser, Thomas E ^d   Shringi, Smriti ^d   Mackereth, Graham F ^e   Lim, Esther ^e   Lopez, Liza ^e   Dufour, Muriel ^e   Marshall, Jonathan C ^a   Baker, Michael G ^f   Hathaway, Steve ^c   Prattley, Deborah J ^a   French, Nigel P ^a,g  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^c Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^g Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology & Evolution   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cattle; Molecular epidemiology; New Zealand; Pathways of infection; Population attributable fractions; Prospective case control study; Risk factors; Source attribution; Sporadic STEC infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BEEF CATTLE; BOVIDS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATTLE FARMING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANURE; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPORADIC;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PHYLOGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; YOUNG ADULT; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84884959572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-450     Document Type: Article

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