Epidemiological evidence that garden birds are a source of human salmonellosis in England and Wales

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Lawson, Becki ^a   De Pinna, Elizabeth ^b   Horton, Robert A ^c   Macgregor, Shaheed K ^d   John, Shinto K ^a   Chantrey, Julian ^e   Duff, J Paul ^c   Kirkwood, James K ^f   Simpson, Victor R ^g   Robinson, Robert A ^h   Wain, John ⁱ   Cunningham, Andrew A ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^d ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f Universities Federation for Animal Welfare   (United Kingdom)

^g Wildlife Veterinary Investigation Centre   (United Kingdom)

^h THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIRD; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLOSIS; SONGBIRD; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENGLAND; HUMANS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; WALES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84896261325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088968     Document Type: Article

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