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Broiler Campylobacter contamination and human campylobacteriosis in Iceland.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Nov 2008
Callicott Kenneth A, Harğardóttir Hjördís, Georgsson Franklín, Reiersen Jarle, Friğriksdóttir Vala, Gunnarsson Eggert, Michel Pascal, Bisaillon Jean-Robert, Kristinsson Karl G, Briem Haraldur, Hiett Kelli L, Needleman David S, Stern Norman J
Abstract excerpt
To examine whether there is a relationship between the degree of Campylobacter contamination observed in product lots of retail Icelandic broiler chicken carcasses and the incidence of human disease, 1,617 isolates from 327 individual product lots were genetically matched (using the flaA short variable region [SVR[) to 289 isolates from cases of human campylobacteriosis whose onset was within approximately 2...
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