15th International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Related Organisms.
The purpose of this communication is to update the veterinary public health community as to what poultry-related interventions were presented at the recent biennial International Workshop on Campylobacter, Helicobacter and Related Organisms (CHRO), which was held in Niigata, Japan, September 2-5, 2009. More than 30 years have passed since the publication of Martin Skirrow's seminal paper in the British Medical Journal in which he described Campylobacter enteritis as a new disease (1). This publication precipitated a global interest in thermophilic campylobacters. Three decades later, these organisms still pose a grave threat to public health. Furthermore, 10 years have passed since Parkhill et al. published the genome sequence of Campylobacter jejuni NCTC11168 (2).
Moore
John E
JE
Northern Ireland Public Health Laboratory, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. jemoore@niphl.dnet.co.uk
Matsuda
Motoo
M
D000818:Animals; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000235:genetics; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat / Q000382:microbiology; D011200:Poultry / Q000382:microbiology; D011634:Public Health