Using sequence data to identify alternative routes and risk of infection: a case-study of campylobacter in Scotland

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Genetic typing data are a potentially powerful resource for determining how infection is acquired. In this paper MLST typing was used to distinguish the routes and risks of infection of humans with <it>Campylobacter jejuni <...

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Main Authors: Bessell Paul R, Rotariu Ovidiu, Innocent Giles T, Smith-Palmer Alison, Strachan Norval JC, Forbes Ken J, Cowden John M, Reid Stuart WJ, Matthews Louise
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-04-01
Series:BMC Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/12/80