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Epidemiology, relative invasive ability, molecular characterization, and competitive performance of Campylobacter jejuni strains in the chicken gut.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Dec 2007
Pope Christopher, Wilson Janet, Taboada Eduardo N, Mackinnon Joanne, Felipe Alves Cristiano A, Nash John H E, Rahn Kris, Tannock Gerald W
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One hundred forty-one Campylobacter jejuni isolates from humans with diarrhea and 100 isolates from retailed poultry meat were differentiated by flaA typing. The bacteria were isolated in a specific geographical area (Dunedin) in New Zealand over a common time period. Twenty nine flaA types were detected, one of which (flaA restriction fragment length polymorphism type 15 [flaA-15]) predominated among isolates...
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