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Prevalence and genotypes of Campylobacter jejuni from urban environmental sources in comparison with clinical isolates from children.
Journal of medical microbiology - 1 Sept 2014
Ramonaite Sigita, Kudirkiene Egle, Tamuleviciene Egle, Leviniene Giedra, Malakauskas Alvydas, Gölz Greta, Alter Thomas, Malakauskas Mindaugas
Abstract excerpt
This study aimed to investigate the prevalence of Campylobacter jejuni in potential contamination sources that are not regularly monitored such as free-living urban pigeons and crows, dogs, cats and urban environmental water and to assess the possible impact on the epidemiology of campylobacteriosis in children using multilocus sequence typing (MLST). Campylobacter spp. were detected in 36.2 % of faecal samples...
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