Campylobacter jejuni is not an important pathogen as a cause of diarrhea in US travelers to Mexico

Journal of Travel Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-58

  Villa, Nicolas A ^a   Okhuysen, Pablo C ^a,b,c   Flores Figueroa, Jose ^b   Jiang, Zhi Dong ^c   Belkind Gerson, Jaime ^d   Paredes, Mercedes ^c   Mohamed, Jamal A ^b   Nair, Parvathy ^b,c   Carlin, Lily ^b   Dupont, Herbert L ^a,b,c,e  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^e ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; SEROCONVERSION; TRAVELLER DIARRHEA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; DIARRHEA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; MEXICO; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650944049     PISSN: 11951982     EISSN: 17088305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00469.x     Document Type: Article

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