Prevalence of 11 pathogenic genes of Campylobacter jejuni by PCR in strains isolated from humans, poultry meat and broiler and bovine faeces

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-348

  Datta, Suvamoy ^a   Niwa, Hidekazu ^a   Itoh, Kikuji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CATTLE; GANE VIRB11; GENE CADF; GENE CDTB; GENE CDTC; GENE CIAB; GENE DNAJ; GENE FLAA; GENE PLDA; GENE RACR; GENE WLAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CATTLE; CHICKENS; DNA PRIMERS; FECES; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY PRODUCTS;

EID: 0037396433     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.05056-0     Document Type: Article

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