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Diversity of Campylobacter spp. circulating in a rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) breeding colony using culture and molecular methods.
mSphere - 21 Nov 2024
Bacon Rebecca L, Hodo Carolyn L, Wu Jing, Welch Shannara, Nickodem Colette, Vinasco Javier, Threadgill Deborah, Gray Stanton B, Norman Keri N, Lawhon Sara D
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Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli represent the leading causes of bacterial gastroenteritis in humans, and infections can produce post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome (PI-IBS). Rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta) (RM) are similarly susceptible to acute campylobacteriosis and represent a potential model of PI-IBS. We characterized the Campylobacter species circulating in an RM breeding colony using...
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