Association between the ambient temperature and the occurrence of human Salmonella and Campylobacter infections

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Yun, Josef ^a,b   Greiner, Matthias ^a,c   Höller, Christiane ^d   Messelhäusser, Ute ^d   Rampp, Albert ^d   Klein, Günter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b District Government of Lower Bavaria   (Germany)

^c FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^d Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; DIARRHEA; GERMANY; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLOSIS; SEASON; TEMPERATURE;

CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; DIARRHEA; GERMANY; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84975489913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep28442     Document Type: Article

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