Expert elicitation as a means to attribute 28 enteric pathogens to foodborne, waterborne, animal contact, and person-to-person transmission routes in Canada

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 335-344

  Butler, Ainslie J ^a   Thomas, M Kate ^a   Pintar, Katarina D M ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BRUCELLA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CANADA; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; DIARRHEAGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GIARDIA; HEPATITIS A VIRUS; HUMAN; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; ROTAVIRUS; SALMONELLA; SAPOVIRUS; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA; SNOWBALL SAMPLE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TRICHINELLA; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; CYCLOSPORA; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD SAFETY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HEALTH SURVEY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; WATERBORNE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BACILLUS CEREUS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYCLOSPORA CAYETANENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA; SAPOVIRUS; SHIGELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRICHINELLA; VIBRIO; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CANADA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CYCLOSPORA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD SAFETY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GIARDIA; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRICHINELLA; WATERBORNE DISEASES;

EID: 84926472855     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2014.1856     Document Type: Article

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