Association between the ambient temperature and the occurrence of human Salmonella and Campylobacter infections.

ABSTRACT: Salmonella spp. and thermotolerant Campylobacter spp. are the most important causes of human bacterial diarrheal infections worldwide. These bacterial species are influenced by several factors like behaviour of the host, shedding, environment incl. directly or indirectly through ambient temperature, and the infections show seasonality. Therefore, the aim of our study was to investigate the association between the occurrence of human campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis and the ambient temperature. The number of campylobacteriosis and salmonellosis cases in two German metropolises, Munich and Berlin, and three rural regions was analysed with simultaneous consideration of the ambient temperature over a period of four years (2001 to 2004) using regression, time series, and cross-correlation a

SUBMITTER: Yun J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4914963 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature