Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jun 2014)

Identification of Possible Virulence Marker from Campylobacter jejuni Isolates

  • James W. Harrison,
  • Tran Thi Ngoc Dung,
  • Fariha Siddiqui,
  • Sunee Korbrisate,
  • Habib Bukhari,
  • My Phan Vu Tra,
  • Nguyen Van Minh Hoang,
  • Juan Carrique-Mas,
  • Juliet Bryant,
  • James I. Campbell,
  • David J. Studholme,
  • Brendan W. Wren,
  • Stephen Baker,
  • Richard W. Titball,
  • Olivia L. Champion

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2006.130635
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 6
pp. 1026 – 1029

Abstract

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A novel protein translocation system, the type-6 secretion system (T6SS), may play a role in virulence of Campylobacter jejuni. We investigated 181 C. jejuni isolates from humans, chickens, and environmental sources in Vietnam, Thailand, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom for T6SS. The marker was most prevalent in human and chicken isolates from Vietnam.

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