Increased incidence of Campylobacter spp. infection and high rates among children, Israel

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1828-1831

  Weinberger, Miriam ^a,b   Lerner, Larisa ^c   Valinsky, Lea ^c   Moran Gilad, Jacob ^c   Nissan, Israel ^c   Agmon, Vered ^c   Peretz, Chava ^b  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHILD; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHILDREN; ENTERIC INFECTIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOODBORNE ILLNESSES; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; PEDIATRIC; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887002980     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1911.120900     Document Type: Article

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