The temporal, PFGE and resistance pattern associations suggest that poultry products are only a minor source of human infections in Western Finland

Food Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 311-315

  Lyhs, Ulrike ^a   Katzav, Marianne ^a   Isohanni, Pauliina ^a   Heiska, Helmi ^b   Maijala, Riitta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATL VET AND FOOD RES INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Campylobacter; Incidence; PFGE; Poultry meat; Source attribution

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; FECES; FINLAND; FOOD POISONING; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; POULTRY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FECES; FINLAND; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MEAT PRODUCTS; POULTRY;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 75149193017     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2009.10.014     Document Type: Article

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