Seroincidence of human infections with nontyphoid salmonella compared with data from public health surveillance and food animals in 13 European countries

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1599-1606

  Mølbak, Kåre ^a   Simonsen, Jacob ^a   Jørgensen, Charlotte S ^a   Krogfelt, Karen A ^a   Falkenhorst, Gerhard ^b   Ethelberg, Steen ^a   Takkinen, Johanna ^c   Emborg, Hanne Dorthe ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c EUROPEAN CENTRE FOR DISEASE PREVENTION AND CONTROL ECDC   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Food animals; Incidence; Nontyphoid salmonella; Seroepidemiology; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BROILER; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEN; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; SWINE; TRAVEL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; CHICKEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PIG; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SWINE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924350507     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu627     Document Type: Article

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