Putative household outbreaks of campylobacteriosis typically comprise single MLST genotypes

O. Rotariu; A. Smith-Palmer; J. Cowden; P. R. Bessell; G. T. Innocent; S. W. J. Reid; L. Matthews; J. Dallas; I. D. Ogden; K. J. Forbes; N. J. C. Strachan

doi:10.1017/S0950268810001457

Putative household outbreaks of campylobacteriosis typically comprise single MLST genotypes

O. Rotariu, A. Smith-Palmer, J. Cowden, P. R. Bessell, G. T. Innocent, S. W. J. Reid, L. Matthews, J. Dallas, I. D. Ogden, K. J. Forbes, N. J. C. Strachan

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During a 15-month period in Scotland a small but important number of human Campylobacter cases (3.2%) arose from 91 putative household outbreaks. Of the 26 outbreaks with known strain composition, 89% were composed of the same MLST which supports the potential use of MLST in public health epidemiology. The number of cases associated with household outbreaks is much larger than general outbreaks and there is some evidence to indicate that there may be secondary transmission, although this is relatively rare.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1744-1747
Number of pages	4
Journal	Epidemiology and Infection
Volume	138
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268810001457
Publication status	Published - Dec 2010

Keywords

Campylobacter
epidemiology
genotyping
infectious diseases
multi-locus sequence typing
outbreaks
infection
jejuni

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Putative household outbreaks of campylobacteriosis typically comprise single MLST genotypes

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