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Lipooligosaccharide locus classes and putative virulence genes among chicken and human Campylobacter jejuni isolates.
BMC microbiology - 21 Nov 2016
Ellström Patrik, Hansson Ingrid, Nilsson Anna, Rautelin Hilpi, Olsson Engvall Eva
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Campylobacter cause morbidity and considerable economic loss due to hospitalization and post infectious sequelae such as reactive arthritis, Guillain Barré- and Miller Fischer syndromes. Such sequelae have been linked to C. jejuni harboring sialic acid structures in their lipooligosaccharide (LOS) layer of the cell wall. Poultry is an important source of human Campylobacter infections but little is...
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