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Endemic Campylobacter jejuni infection in Colorado: identified risk factors.

Author(s) -

Richard S. Hopkins,

Russell N. Olmsted,

G R Istre

Publication year - 1984

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - Uncategorized

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.74.3.249

Subject(s) - campylobacter jejuni , odds ratio , campylobacter , environmental health , raw milk , risk factor , medicine , demography , biology , bacteria , genetics , pathology , sociology

A study of persons with laboratory-confirmed sporadic Campylobacter jejuni infection and of controls matched for age and sex in Colorado in the summer of 1981 yielded odds ratio estimates significantly greater than 1 for the following risk factors: drinking raw water (10.74), drinking raw milk (6.93), eating undercooked chicken (2.77), and living in a household with a cat (3.21).

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