Article
Comparison of virulence-associated in vitro properties of typed strains of Campylobacter jejuni from different sources.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Jun 2007
Coote J G, Stewart-Tull D E S, Owen R J, Bolton F J, Siemer Berit L, Candlish Denise, Thompson D H, Wardlaw A C, On S L W, Candlish A, Billcliffe Bronwen, Jordan Penelope J, Kristiansen K, Borman Pauline
Abstract excerpt
Campylobacter jejuni is a major cause of human diarrhoeal disease, but specific virulence mechanisms have not been well defined. This blinded study was undertaken with 40 C. jejuni isolates from different sources to determine their haemolytic, cytotoxic and adhesion and invasion activities towards mammalian cells. The results were correlated with source of isolation and genetic makeup by amplified fragment length...
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