title: Chicken as potential contamination source of Campylobacter lari in Iquitos, Peru.
abstract: In order to know the importance of chicken as natural reservoir of Campylobacter lari in Iquitos, Peru; samples were obtained by cloacal swabs from 200 chickens and immediately placed into a semisolid enrichment medium; these were streaked on modified Skirrow Agar. The organism was isolated from 21 (10.5%) samples, corresponding 58.8% to biovar I and 41.2% to biovar II (Lior scheme). The results provide evidence that chicken appear to be prominent reservoirs of Campylobacter lari in Iquitos.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana, Iquitos, Peru.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tresierra-Ayala
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Bendayan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bernuy
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pereyra
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fernandez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology*; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology; D010568:Peru