Campylobacteriosis in returning travellers and potential secondary transmission of exotic strains

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1277-1288

  Mughini Gras, L ^a,b,c   Smid, J H ^b,f   Wagenaar, J A ^c,d,e   De Boer, A ^d   Havelaar, A H ^b,f   Friesema, I H M ^b   French, N P ^g   Graziani, C ^a   Busani, L ^a   Van Pelt, W ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e WHO Collaborating Centre for Campylobacter   (Netherlands)

^f UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Multilocus sequence typing; person to person transmission; risk factor; source attribution; travel related campylobacteriosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRAVEL;

EID: 84898670975     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268813002069     Document Type: Article

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