A strain comparison of Campylobacter isolated from retail poultry and human clinical cases in Atlantic Canada.

ABSTRACT: Campylobacter is the leading cause of food-borne bacterial disease in Canada and many developed countries. One of the most common sources of human campylobacteriosis is considered to be the consumption or handling of raw or undercooked poultry. To date, few Canadian studies have investigated both the prevalence of Campylobacter on retail poultry and its potential impact on human clinical cases. The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of Campylobacter spp. at the retail level and the correlation between subtypes recovered from chicken and those recovered from human clinical cases within the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. From this study 354 human clinical isolates were obtained from provincial hospital laboratories and a total of 480 packages of raw poultry cuts were sa

SUBMITTER: Hodges LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6505856 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature