The serotype case-case design: A direct comparison of a novel methodology with a case-control study in a national Salmonella Enteritidis PT14b outbreak in England and Wales

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 141, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2346-2353

  Zenner, D ^a   Janmohamed, K ^a   Lane, C ^a   Little, C ^a   Charlett, A ^a   Adak, G K ^a   Morgan, D ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiological methods; gastrointestinal outbreaks; study design; validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CASE CASE DESIGN; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EGG; EPIDEMIC; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POULTRY FARMING; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROTYPE; STUDY DESIGN; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ODDS RATIO; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885048084     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268812002968     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. Behravesh CB, et al. Multistate outbreak of Salmonella serotype Typhimurium infections associated with consumption of restaurant tomatoes, USA, 2006: hypothesis generation through case exposures in multiple restaurant clusters. Epidemiology and Infection 2012; 140: 2053-2061.
2. Fonseca MG, Armenian HK. Use of the case-control method in outbreak investigations. American Journal of Epidemiology 1991; 133: 748-752.
3. Palmer SR. Outbreak investigation: the need for 'quick and clean' epidemiology. International Journal of Epidemiology 1995; 24 (Suppl. 1): S34-S38.
4. Salmon RL, et al. How is the source of food poisoning outbreaks established? The example of three consecutive Salmonella Enteritidis PT4 outbreaks linked to eggs. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 1991; 45: 266-269.
5. McCarthy N, Giesecke J. Case-case comparisons to study causation of common infectious diseases. International Journal of Epidemiology 1999; 28: 764-768.
6. Giraudon I, et al. Large outbreak of Salmonella phage type 1 infection with high infection rate and severe illness associated with fast food premises. Public Health 2009; 123: 444-447.
7. Gillespie IA, et al. A case-case comparison of Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni infection: a tool for generating hypotheses. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2002; 8: 937-942.
8. Krumkamp R, Reintjes R, Dirksen-Fischer M. Case-case study of a Salmonella outbreak: an epidemiologic method to analyse surveillance data. International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health 2008; 211: 163-167.
9. Wilson N, et al. Case-case analysis of enteric diseases with routine surveillance data: potential use and example results. Epidemiologic Perspectives & Innovations 2008; 5: 6.
10. Rosenbaum PR. Attributable effects in case 2 studies. Biometrics 2005; 61: 246-253.
11. Janmohamed K, et al. National outbreak of Salmonella Enteritidis phage type 14b in England, September to December 2009: case-control study. Eurosurveillance 2011; 16.
12. Gantois I, et al. Mechanisms of egg contamination by Salmonella Enteritidis. FEMS Microbiology Reviews 2009; 33: 718-738.
13. Gormley FJ, Rawal N, Little CL. Choose your menu wisely: cuisine-associated food-poisoning risks in restaurants in England and Wales. Epidemiology and Infection 2011; 1-11.
14. de Valk H, et al. Two consecutive nationwide outbreaks of listeriosis in France, October 1999-February 2000. American Journal of Epidemiology 2001; 154: 944-950.
15. Zock JP, et al. Asthma Characteristics in cleaning workers, workers in other risk jobs and office workers. European Respiratory Journal 2002; 20: 679-685.
16. Kist MJ, Freitag S. Serovar specific risk factors and clinical features of Salmonella Enterica ssp. Enterica serovar Enteritidis: a study in South-West Germany. Epidemiology and Infection 2000; 124: 383-392.