Spatial epidemiology of foodborne pathogens project

Varga C, Pearl DL, McEwen SA, Sargeant JM, Pollari F, Guerin MT (2015). Spatial-temporal epidemiology of human Salmonella Enteritidis infections with major phage types (PTs 1, 4, 5b, 8, 13, and 13a) in Ontario, Canada, 2008-2009. BMC Public Health 2015, 15:1247. http://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-015-2592-6

Varga C, Pearl DL, McEwen SA, Sargeant JM, Pollari F, Guerin MT. Area-level global and local clustering of human Salmonella Enteritidis infection rates in the city of Toronto, Canada, 2007-2009. BMC Infectious Diseases 2015, 15:359. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/15/359

Varga C, Pearl D L, McEwen S A, Sargeant J M, Pollari F, Guerin MT (2013). Evaluating area-level spatial clustering of Salmonella Enteritidis infections and their socioeconomic determinants in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada (2007 – 2009): A retrospective population-based ecological study. BMC Public Health 2013, 13:1078. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/13/1078

Varga C, Pearl DL, McEwen SA, Sargeant JM, Pollari F, Guerin MT. Incidence, distribution, seasonality, and demographic risk factors of Salmonella Enteritidis human infections in Ontario, Canada, 2007-2009. BMC Infect Dis. 2013 May 10;13:212. https://bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2334-13-212

Varga C, Middleton D, Walton R, Savage R, Tighe MK, Allen V, Ahmed R, Rosella L. Evaluating risk factors for endemic human Salmonella Enteritidis infections with different phage types in Ontario, Canada using multinomial logistic regression and a case-case study approach. BMC Public Health. 2012 Oct 12;12:866. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-866. https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2458-12-866

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