Epidemiology of Campylobacter infections among children of 0-24 months of age in South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Campylobacter spp. are one of the most frequent causes of diarrhoeal disease in humans throughout the world. This study aimed at determining the prevalence and the genotypic distribution of Campylobacter spp. and their association with diarrhoea and child growth in children of less than the age of two in the Limpopo Province of South Africa.

Methods

A total of 4280 diarrheal and non-diarrheal stool samples were collected on a monthly basis from children recruited at birth and followed up to 24 months. All stool samples were screened for the presence Campylobacter antigen using ELISA technique after which CAH 16S primer was used on the positive samples to confirm the presence of Campylobacter. Subsequently, the PCR positive samples were further characterised using

SUBMITTER: Samie A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8976392 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature