Human Infections with New Subspecies of Campylobacter fetus

Campylobacter fetus subsp. testudinum subsp. nov. is a newly proposed subspecies of C. fetus with markers of reptile origin. We summarize epidemiologic information for 9 humans infected with this bacterium. All cases were in men, most of whom were of Asian origin. Infection might have been related t...

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Autores principales: Patrick, Mary E., Gilbert, Maarten J., Blaser, Martin J., Tauxe, Robert V., Wagenaar, Jaap A., Fitzgerald, Collette
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3810764/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24050521
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1910.130883
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author Patrick, Mary E.
Gilbert, Maarten J.
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Wagenaar, Jaap A.
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description Campylobacter fetus subsp. testudinum subsp. nov. is a newly proposed subspecies of C. fetus with markers of reptile origin. We summarize epidemiologic information for 9 humans infected with this bacterium. All cases were in men, most of whom were of Asian origin. Infection might have been related to exposure to Asian foods or reptiles.
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spelling pubmed-38107642013-11-05 Human Infections with New Subspecies of Campylobacter fetus Patrick, Mary E. Gilbert, Maarten J. Blaser, Martin J. Tauxe, Robert V. Wagenaar, Jaap A. Fitzgerald, Collette Emerg Infect Dis Dispatch Campylobacter fetus subsp. testudinum subsp. nov. is a newly proposed subspecies of C. fetus with markers of reptile origin. We summarize epidemiologic information for 9 humans infected with this bacterium. All cases were in men, most of whom were of Asian origin. Infection might have been related to exposure to Asian foods or reptiles. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013-10 /pmc/articles/PMC3810764/ /pubmed/24050521 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1910.130883 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Patrick, Mary E.
Gilbert, Maarten J.
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Human Infections with New Subspecies of Campylobacter fetus
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title_short Human Infections with New Subspecies of Campylobacter fetus
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3810764/
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