A systematic review of source attribution of human campylobacteriosis using multilocus sequence typing.

ABSTRACT: BackgroundCampylobacter is a leading global cause of bacterial gastroenteritis, motivating research to identify sources of human infection. Population genetic studies have been increasingly applied to this end, mainly using multilocus sequence typing (MLST) data.ObjectivesThis review aimed to summarise approaches and findings of these studies and identify best practice lessons for this form of genomic epidemiology.MethodsWe systematically reviewed publications using MLST data to attribute human disease isolates to source. Publications were from January 2001, when this type of approach began. Searched databases included Scopus, Web of Science and PubMed. Information on samples and isolate datasets used, as well as MLST schemes and attribution algorithms employed, was obtained. Main f

SUBMITTER: Cody AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6820127 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature