Using surveillance and monitoring data of different origins in a Salmonella source attribution model: A European Union example with challenges and proposed solutions

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1148-1165

  De Knegt, L V ^a   Pires, S M ^a   Hald, T ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Data management; Food safety; Salmonella; Source attribution; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLOSIS; SEROTYPE; ANIMAL; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; EUROPE; FOOD CONTROL; HEALTH SURVEY; LIVESTOCK; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEROTYPING; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWINE; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; LIVESTOCK; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA FOOD POISONING; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SEROTYPING; SWINE; TURKEYS;

EID: 84925144135     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268814000429     Document Type: Article

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