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Multilocus sequence typing confirms wild birds as the source of a Campylobacter outbreak associated with the consumption of raw peas.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Aug 2014
Kwan Patrick S L, Xavier Catherine, Santovenia Monica, Pruckler Janet, Stroika Steven, Joyce Kevin, Gardner Tracie, Fields Patricia I, McLaughlin Joe, Tauxe Robert V, Fitzgerald Collette
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From August to September 2008, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) assisted the Alaska Division of Public Health with an outbreak investigation of campylobacteriosis occurring among the residents of Southcentral Alaska. During the investigation, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of Campylobacter jejuni isolates from human, raw pea, and wild bird fecal samples confirmed the epidemiologic...
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