Campylobacter spp. as a Foodborne Pathogen: A Review

J Silva, D Leite, M Fernandes, C Mena… - Frontiers in …, 2011 - frontiersin.org
Campylobacter is well recognized as the leading cause of bacterial foodborne diarrheal
disease worldwide. Symptoms can range from mild to serious infections of the children and …

Food-related illness and death in the United States.

PS Mead, L Slutsker, V Dietz, LF McCaig… - Emerging infectious …, 1999 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
To better quantify the impact of foodborne diseases on health in the United States, we
compiled and analyzed information from multiple surveillance systems and other sources …

Campylobacter jejuni--an emerging foodborne pathogen.

SF Altekruse, NJ Stern, PI Fields… - Emerging infectious …, 1999 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Campylobacter jejuni is the most commonly reported bacterial cause of foodborne infection
in the United States. Adding to the human and economic costs are chronic sequelae …

Guillain-Barré syndrome in northern China Relationship to Campylobacter jejuni infection and anti-glycolipid antibodies

TW Ho, B Mishu, CY Li, CY Gao, DR Cornblath… - Brain, 1995 - academic.oup.com
Guillain-Barré syndrome has been considered to be primarily an acute inflammatory
demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP). Our experience with Guillain-Barré syndrome in …

Foodborne Campylobacter: Infections, Metabolism, Pathogenesis and Reservoirs

SVR Epps, RB Harvey, ME Hume, TD Phillips… - International journal of …, 2013 - mdpi.com
Campylobacter species are a leading cause of bacterial-derived foodborne illnesses
worldwide. The emergence of this bacterial group as a significant causative agent of human …

Sources of Campylobacter Colonization in Broiler Chickens

DG Newell, C Fearnley - Applied and environmental microbiology, 2003 - Am Soc Microbiol
Campylobacter jejuni and its close relative Campylobacter coli (hereafter jointly referred to
as C. jejuni or campylobacters) are gram-negative, thermophilic, obligate microaerophilic …

[HTML][HTML] Human campylobacteriosis in developing countries1

AO Coker, RD Isokpehi, BN Thomas… - Emerging infectious …, 2002 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Campylobacteriosis is a collective description for infectious diseases caused by members of
the bacterial genus Campylobacter. The only form of campylobacteriosis of major public …

Colony Multiplex PCR Assay for Identification and Differentiation of Campylobacter jejuni, C. coli, C. lari, C. upsaliensis, and C. fetus subsp. fetus

G Wang, CG Clark, TM Taylor, C Pucknell… - Journal of clinical …, 2002 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT A multiplex PCR assay was used to simultaneously detect genes from the five
major clinically relevant Campylobacter spp. Those genes selected were hipO and 23S …

Campylobacter Species and Guillain-Barré Syndrome

I Nachamkin, BM Allos, T Ho - Clinical microbiology reviews, 1998 - Am Soc Microbiol
Since the eradication of polio in most parts of the world, Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) has
become the most common cause of acute flaccid paralysis. GBS is an autoimmune disorder …

Emerging foodborne diseases: an evolving public health challenge.

RV Tauxe - Emerging infectious diseases, 1997 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The epidemiology of foodborne disease is changing. New pathogens have emerged, and
some have spread worldwide. Many, including Salmonella, Escherichia coli O157: H7 …