title: Virulence of Campylobacter jejuni for chicken embryos.
abstract: The pathogenicity of Campylobacter jejuni was examined in chicken embryos. In this system, mortality data and histopathological findings induced by organisms and by bacterium-free filtered broth were identical. The absence in chicken embryo tissues both of organisms and of an inflammatory infiltrate suggests a toxin etiology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of New Hampshire, Durham 03824.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mahajan
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Rodgers
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D002642:Chick Embryo / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D014774:Virulence