Enteric campylobacteria and RNA viruses associated with healthy and diarrheic humans in the Chinook Health Region of Southwestern Alberta, Canada

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 209-219

  Inglis, G Douglas ^a   Boras, Valerie F ^b   Houde, Alain ^c  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b Chinook Regional Hospital   (Canada)

^c FOOD RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER CURVUS; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CAMPYLOBACTER GRACILIS; CAMPYLOBACTER HELVETICUS; CAMPYLOBACTER HOMINIS; CAMPYLOBACTER HYOINTESTINALIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER SHOWAE; CAMPYLOBACTER SPUTORUM; CAMPYLOBACTER UPSALIENSIS; CAMPYLOBACTERACEAE; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOROVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA VIRUS; ROTAVIRUS; RURAL AREA; SAPOVIRUS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIARRHEA; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RNA VIRUSES; VIRUS DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

BOVINE ENTERIC CALICIVIRUS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER CONCISUS; CAMPYLOBACTER CURVUS; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CAMPYLOBACTER GRACILIS; CAMPYLOBACTER HELVETICUS; CAMPYLOBACTER HOMINIS; CAMPYLOBACTER HYOINTESTINALIS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER LANIENAE; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; CAMPYLOBACTER MUCOSALIS; CAMPYLOBACTER SHOWAE; CAMPYLOBACTER SPUTORUM; CAMPYLOBACTER UPSALIENSIS; NOROVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; ROTAVIRUS; SAPOVIRUS;

EID: 78650863703     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01220-10     Document Type: Article

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