The Journal of infection
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The Journal of infection · Mar 2009
Epidemiology of hospital-treated Salmonella infection; data from a national cohort over a ten-year period.
The aim of this study was to describe the clinical and economic burden of hospital admissions related to Salmonella infections amongst the population of Spain over the course of 10 years (1997-2006). ⋯ Salmonella infection remains an important cause of hospitalization of children up to 4 years old, but the main mortality and case-fatality rates are observed in persons older than 65 years.