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SUBMITTER: Sears A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3358198 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sears Ann A Baker Michael G MG Wilson Nick N Marshall Jonathan J Muellner Petra P Campbell Donald M DM Lake Robin J RJ French Nigel P NP
Emerging infectious diseases 20110601 6
Beginning in the 1980s, New Zealand experienced rising annual rates of campylobacteriosis that peaked in 2006. We analyzed notification, hospitalization, and other data to explore the 2007-2008 drop in campylobacteriosis incidence. Source attribution techniques based on genotyping of Campylobacter jejuni isolates from patients and environmental sources were also used to examine the decline. In 2008, the annual campylobacteriosis notification rate was 161.5/100,000 population, representing a 54% ...[more]