Article
Virulence spectra of typed strains of Campylobacter jejuni from different sources: a blinded in vivo study.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 May 2009
Stewart-Tull D E S, Coote J G, Thompson D H, Candlish Denise, Wardlaw A C, Candlish A
Abstract excerpt
Campylobacter jejuni is a major cause of human diarrhoeal disease, but specific virulence mechanisms have not been well defined. The aims of the present blinded study were to measure and compare the in vivo properties of 40 serotyped, biotyped and genotyped C. jejuni isolates from different sources and genetic makeup. An 11-day-old chick embryo lethality assay, which measured embryo deaths and total viable...
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