Campylobacter jejuni genotypes are associated with post-infection irritable bowel syndrome in humans

Stephanie Peters, Ben Pascoe, et al. use whole-genome sequencing and phenotypic analysis of clinical strains from patients to identify potential genetic factors involved in irritable bowel syndrome resulting from Campylobacter jejuni infection. Their data suggest that genes involved in the bacterial...

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Main Authors: Stephanie Peters, Ben Pascoe, Zuowei Wu, Sion C. Bayliss, Ximin Zeng, Adam Edwinson, Sakteesh Veerabadhran-Gurunathan, Selina Jawahir, Jessica K. Calland, Evangelos Mourkas, Robin Patel, Terra Wiens, Marijke Decuir, David Boxrud, Kirk Smith, Craig T. Parker, Gianrico Farrugia, Qijing Zhang, Samuel K. Sheppard, Madhusudan Grover
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-08-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02554-8