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A population-based exposure assessment of risk factors associated with gastrointestinal pathogens : a Campylobacter study

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Date
05/2013
Author
MacRitchie, Laura
Hunter, Colin John
Strachan, Norval
Keywords
Campylobacter
Epidemiology
Gastroenteritis
RA Public aspects of medicine
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Abstract
A questionnaire survey was undertaken to determine the exposure of a study population to campylobacteriosis source risk factors (environmental, water, food) and results were stratified by age, population density and deprivation. Data were gathered using an exposure assessment carried out by telephone in the Grampian region of Scotland. Univariate analysis showed that children aged 5-14 years, living in low population density (0-44·4 persons/km2) and affluent areas had elevated exposure to environmental and water risk factors. Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that younger age groups and lower population density were significant indicators for most environmental risk factors. The results compared to reported disease incidence in Grampian showed that greater exposure to risk factors does not necessarily coincide with greater disease incidence for age groups, particularly for the 0-4 years age group. Further research is required to explain the relationship between exposure and disease incidence. © 2012 Cambridge University Press.
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MacRitchie , L , Hunter , C J & Strachan , N 2013 , ' A population-based exposure assessment of risk factors associated with gastrointestinal pathogens : a Campylobacter study ' , Epidemiology and Infection , vol. 141 , no. 05 , pp. 976-986 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268812001641
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Epidemiology and Infection
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268812001641
ISSN
0950-2688
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012. deposited in accordance with publisher policy
Description
This research was undertaken by a Rural Economy and Land Use (RELU) linked studentship funded by the Economic and Social Research Council, entitled ‘Campylobacteriosis: elucidating the disease burden, risk perception and costs to rural communities and their families’ (RES 229-25-0012).
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/4430

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