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Campylobacter jejuni isolated from retail poultry meat, bovine feces and bile, and human diarrheal samples in Japan: comparison of serotypes and genotypes.
FEMS immunology and medical microbiology - 1 Aug 2005
Saito Shioko, Yatsuyanagi Jun, Harata Seizaburo, Ito Yuko, Shinagawa Kunihiro, Suzuki Noriyuki, Amano Ken-Ichi, Enomoto Katsuhiko
Abstract excerpt
To determine the significance of poultry and bovine as infectious sources of Campylobacter jejuni in Japan, the serotype distribution and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns of poultry and bovine isolates were compared with those of isolates from patients with diarrhea in Akita (Japan). Serotypes O:2 and O:4-complex were common in human, poultry, and bovine isolates, and serotype O:23,36,53 was...
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