Evolution of an agriculture-associated disease causing Campylobacter coli clade: evidence from national surveillance data in Scotland.

The common zoonotic pathogen Campylobacter coli is an important cause of bacterial gastroenteritis worldwide but its evolution is incompletely understood. Using multilocus sequence type (MLST) data of 7 housekeeping genes from a national survey of Campylobacter in Scotland (2005/6), and a combined p...

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Main Authors: Samuel K Sheppard, John F Dallas, Daniel J Wilson, Norval J C Strachan, Noel D McCarthy, Keith A Jolley, Frances M Colles, Ovidiu Rotariu, Iain D Ogden, Ken J Forbes, Martin C J Maiden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3002284?pdf=render