Detection and species identification of Campylobacter in stool samples of children and animals from Vellore, south India

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-88

  Rajendran, P ^a   Babji, S ^a   George, A T ^a   Rajan, D P ^a   Kang, G ^a   Ajjampur, S S ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; chicken; gastroenteritis; zoonotic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHICKEN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROENTERITIS; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; ZOONOSIS;

EID: 84857812107     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.93049     Document Type: Article

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