title: [Epidemiological investigation of Campylobacter Jejuni infection in children].
abstract: Epidemiological studies on campylobacter jejuni infection in children were carried out in Chengdu during December 1987 to October 1989. Detection rate of campylobacter in 1,092 children with diarrhea was 11.36%, with the highest in children aged 1-2 and the lowest in babies within six months. Campylobacter jejuni could be detected in young children with acute diarrhea all the year round, with a higher detection rate in the spring and summer and lower in the autumn and winter. Campylobacter jejuni could be detected in 5.09% of healthy children, with a significant difference between kindergartens due to their living conditions. Use of spectrum of drug-resistance and plasmid analysis in children of nurseries and kindergartens to study campylobacter infection suggested campylobacter jejuni infection in children could be caused by a lot of distant-associated strains with genetic homogeneity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology School of Public Health West China University of Medical Sciences, Chengdu.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wan
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012621:Seasons