Molecular epidemiology of campylobacter isolates from poultry production units in Southern Ireland

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  O'Mahony, Emer ^a,b   Buckley, James F ^b   Bolton, Declan ^c   Whyte, Paul ^a   Fanning, Séamus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Forward Planning and Strategic Development   (Ireland)

^c TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BROILER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICK; CLONAL SPECIES; CONTROLLED STUDY; HERD; IRELAND; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; POULTRY FARMING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIRD DISEASE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHICKEN; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MEAT; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY;

ALLELES; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CHICKENS; GENOTYPE; IRELAND; MEAT; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; POULTRY DISEASES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 82755170601     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028490     Document Type: Article

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