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Identification of hyperinvasive Campylobacter jejuni strains isolated from poultry and human clinical sources
24 Apr 2008
Abstract excerpt
Campylobacter jejuni causes gastroenteritis with a variety of symptoms in humans. In the absence of a suitable animal model, in vitro models have been used to study virulence traits such as invasion and toxin production. In this study, 113 C. jejuni isolates from poultry and poultry-related (n=74) environments as well as isolates from human cases (n=39) of campylobacteriosis and bacteraemia were tested for...
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