The incidence of Clostridium perfringens-associated necrotic enteritis in poultry has
increased in countries that stopped using antibiotic growth promoters. Necrotic enteritis and …

The global significance of Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli as gastrointestinal
human pathogens has motivated numerous studies to characterize their population biology …

Background. Campylobacter species cause a high proportion of bacterial gastroenteritis
cases and are a significant burden on health care systems and economies worldwide; …

Background: Commitment to food safety is evidenced by high profile governmental initiatives
around the globe. To measure progress towards targets, policy makers need to know the …

Background Although seasonality is a defining characteristic of many infectious diseases,
few studies have described and compared seasonal patterns across diseases globally …

Modulation of defensin expression may be one way to improve animal health and to reduce
zoonotic diseases. Defensins are small, cationic, and amphipathic cysteine-rich antibiotic …

Disease transmission is hypothesized to occur through small quantities of contaminated
material carried on the feet, proboscis, legs, and body hairs or from material regurgitated or …

The increasing availability of hundreds of whole bacterial genomes provides opportunities
for enhanced understanding of the genes and alleles responsible for clinically important …

Campylobacter and Salmonella species and Shiga toxin—producing Escherichia coli
(STEC; the majority of which are type O157: H7) efficiently enter the human food chain from …

The use of an observational approach in conjunction with isolation techniques for
campylobacter and salmonella detection has facilitated a detailed evaluation of the risk of …