Campylobacteriosis in urban versus rural areas: A case-case study integrated with molecular typing to validate risk factors and to attribute sources of infection

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Levesque, Simon ^a   Fournier, Eric ^b   Carrier, Nathalie ^c   Frost, Eric ^a,c   D Arbeit, Robert ^d   Michaud, Sophie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Laboratoire de Sante Publique du QC   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891280084     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083731     Document Type: Article

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