title: Temporal and geographical distribution and overlap of Penner heat-stable serotypes and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis genotypes of Campylobacter jejuni isolates collected from humans and chickens in Finland during a seasonal peak.
abstract: The association of Penner heat-stable serotypes and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis genotypes of 208 human and 30 chicken Campylobacter jejuni isolates was studied. Overall, 46% of the human strains had overlapping sero- and genotype combinations with chicken strains. The percentage was reduced to 31% for strains that were considered temporally related. This suggests common environmental sources.
authors.affiliation: Department of Food and Environmental Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland. rauni.karenlampi@helsinki.fi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kärenlampi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rautelin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hakkinen
authors.forename: M-L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Hänninen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000662:veterinary; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D002645:Chickens; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D012621:Seasons; D012703:Serotyping