Spatial Epidemiology of Escherichia coli O157: H7 in Dairy Cattle in Relation to Night Roosts Of Sturnus vulgaris (European Starling) in Ohio, USA (2007-2009)

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 427-435

  Swirski, A L ^a   Pearl, D L ^a   Williams, M L ^b   Homan, H J ^c   Linz, G M ^c   Cernicchiaro, N ^d   Lejeune, J T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dairy cattle; Escherichia coli O157:H7; Spatial scan statistics; Starlings; Sturnus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BOVINAE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE CARRIER; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STARLING; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE VECTORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; OHIO; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STARLINGS;

EID: 84904410442     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12092     Document Type: Article

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