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Longitudinal study of the molecular epidemiology of Campylobacter jejuni in cattle on dairy farms.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jun 2008
Kwan Patrick S L, Birtles Andrew, Bolton Frederick J, French Nigel P, Robinson Susan E, Newbold Lynne S, Upton Mathew, Fox Andrew J
Abstract excerpt
Multilocus sequence typing (MLST), an accurate and phylogenetically robust characterization method for population studies of Campylobacter, was applied to Campylobacter jejuni isolates (n = 297) from the fecal samples of cattle from five dairy farms in Cheshire, United Kingdom, collected throughout 2003. The population dynamics of the C. jejuni strains, as identified by the occurrence of sequence types and clonal...
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