Relevance of Campylobacter to public health-The need for a One Health approach

International Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 304, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 817-823

  Gölz, Greta ^a   Rosner, Bettina ^b   Hofreuter, Dirk ^c   Josenhans, Christine ^c   Kreienbrock, Lothar ^d   Löwenstein, Anna ^a   Schielke, Anika ^b   Stark, Klaus ^b   Suerbaum, Sebastian ^c   Wieler, Lothar H ^a   Alter, Thomas ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal health; Campylobacter; Food safety; Public health; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HEALTH; BACTERIAL LOAD; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COST OF ILLNESS; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIVESTOCK; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SHORT SURVEY; ANIMAL; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CLASSIFICATION; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GASTROENTERITIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PROCEDURES; TRANSMISSION; VETERINARY; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FOODBORNE DISEASES; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMANS; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84977822292     PISSN: 14384221     EISSN: 16180607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijmm.2014.08.015     Document Type: Short Survey

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