Colonization factors of Campylobacter jejuni in the chicken gut

Campylobacter contaminated broiler chicken meat is an important source of foodborne gastroenteritis and poses a serious health burden in industrialized countries. Broiler chickens are commonly regarded as a natural host for this zoonotic pathogen and infected birds carry a very high C. jejuni load i...

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Main Authors: Hermans, David, Van Deun, Kim, Martel, An, Van Immerseel, Filip, Messens, Winy, Heyndrickx, Marc, Haesebrouck, Freddy, Pasmans, Frank
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2011
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3156733/