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A pulsed-field gel electrophoresis study of the genetic diversity of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in poultry flocks in Slovenia.
Acta veterinaria Hungarica - 1 Mar 2010
Gruntar Igor, Ocepek Matjaz, Avbersek Jana, Mićunović Jasna, Pate Mateja
Abstract excerpt
Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli have recently become the most frequent cause of bacterial foodborne enteric infection in most industrialised countries. Consumption and handling of undercooked contaminated poultry meat was identified as an important risk factor for human campylobacteriosis. The aim of this study was to ascertain the genetic diversity of C. jejuni and C. coli strains isolated from poultry in...
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