Open AccessCreating an online atlas of Salmonella serotypes in Europe
Author(s) -
Martin Rudbeck Jepsen,
I. S.T. Fisher,
Michael Galle,
Henrik Bang,
Steen Ethelberg
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
euro surveillance/eurosurveillance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.766
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1560-7917
pISSN - 1025-496X
DOI - 10.2807/ese.13.03.08016-en
Subject(s) - serotype , salmonella , european union , epidemiology , geography , atlas (anatomy) , biology , cartography , virology , medicine , genetics , international trade , pathology , business , bacteria , paleontology
Salmonellosis is a frequently occurring disease in Europe. Through their national surveillance systems, the European Union (EU) Member States collect a substantial amount of information on cases of salmonellosis, which may be used to gain new insights into the epidemiological characteristics of the many different Salmonella serotypes. One simple approach to this is by visualising the spatial distribution of the cases on maps.