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

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Human Infections with New Subspecies of Campylobacter fetus

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Oct 2013

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http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1910.130883 New Site Icon

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Emerg Infect Dis. 19(10):1678-1680.

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Patrick, Mary E. ; Gilbert, Maarten J. ; Blaser, Martin J. ; Tauxe, Robert V. ; Wagenaar, Jaap A. ; ... More ▼

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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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