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Campylobacter genotyping to determine the source of human infection.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America - 15 Apr 2009
Sheppard Samuel K, Dallas John F, Strachan Norval J C, MacRae Marian, McCarthy Noel D, Wilson Daniel J, Gormley Fraser J, Falush Daniel, Ogden Iain D, Maiden Martin C J, Forbes Ken J
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BACKGROUND: Campylobacter species cause a high proportion of bacterial gastroenteritis cases and are a significant burden on health care systems and economies worldwide; however, the relative contributions of the various possible sources of infection in humans are unclear. METHODS: National-scale genotyping of Campylobacter species was used to quantify the relative importance of various possible sources of human...
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