Campylobacter jejuni in penguins, Antarctica

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 847-849

  Griekspoor, Petra ^a   Olsen, Björn ^a,b   Waldenström, Jonas ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

ANTARCTICA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER ENTERITIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA EXTRACTION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GEORGIA (REPUBLIC); HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PENGUIN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIRD DISEASES; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; FECES; GENOTYPE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 66149090316     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1505.081160     Document Type: Letter

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