Dynamics of dual infection with Campylobacter jejuni strains in chickens reveals distinct strain-to-strain variation in infection ecology

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 6366-6372

  Chaloner, Gemma ^a   Wigley, Paul ^a   Humphrey, Suzanne ^a   Kemmett, Kirsty ^a   Lacharme Lora, Lizeth ^a   Humphrey, Tom ^a,b   Williams, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIRDS; ECOLOGY;

BROILER CHICKENS; BROILER FLOCKS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CONTAMINATION RISKS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INFECTION DYNAMICS; POULTRY INDUSTRY; STRAIN VARIATION;

STRAIN;

CLONE; COLONIZATION; GENOTYPE; INFECTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POULTRY;

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GALLUS GALLUS;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL LOAD; BIRD DISEASE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTERIOSIS; CHICKEN; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIVER; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL LOAD; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKENS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LIVER; POULTRY DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84907279790     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01901-14     Document Type: Article

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