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Convergent Amino Acid Signatures in Polyphyletic Campylobacter jejuni Subpopulations Suggest Human Niche Tropism.
Genome biology and evolution - 1 Mar 2018
Méric Guillaume, McNally Alan, Pessia Alberto, Mourkas Evangelos, Pascoe Ben, Mageiros Leonardos, Vehkala Minna, Corander Jukka, Sheppard Samuel K
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Human infection with the gastrointestinal pathogen Campylobacter jejuni is dependent upon the opportunity for zoonotic transmission and the ability of strains to colonize the human host. Certain lineages of this diverse organism are more common in human infection but the factors underlying this overrepresentation are not fully understood. We analyzed 601 isolate genomes from agricultural animals and human...
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