Campylobacter fetus infections in humans: Exposure and disease

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1579-1586

  Wagenaar, Jaap A ^a,b,c   Van Bergen, Marcel A P ^b,c   Blaser, Martin J ^d   Tauxe, Robert V ^e   Newell, Diane G ^f   Van Putten, Jos P M ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^f Foodborne Zoonoses Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campylobacter fetus; Exposure; Food safety; Immunocompromised

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOVIDS; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; BOVINAE; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CATTLE DISEASE; FOODBORNE DISEASES; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TRANSMISSION; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALS; CAMPYLOBACTER FETUS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

EID: 84900453835     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: 15376591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu085     Document Type: Article

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