Investigation of a waterborne outbreak of Campylobacter jejuni enteritis with a serotyping scheme based on thermostable antigens.
Serotyping of 11 human and 2 water isolates of Campylobacter jejuni associated with a waterborne outbreak revealed two serotypes among the human isolates. One of these (serotype 58) was a new serotype and was added to the serotyping scheme. Serotypes were defined by using extracted thermostable antigens and passive hemagglutination titrations of both unabsorbed and cross-absorbed antisera. Two water isolates of the same serotype as six human isolates provided evidence to link a contaminated water supply to the outbreak.
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002168:Campylobacter fetus / Q000145:classification* / Q000276:immunology; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004739:England; D004751:Enteritis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests; D006801:Humans; D012703:Serotyping; D014871:Water Microbiology
D000942:Antigens, Bacterial