title: Putative household outbreaks of campylobacteriosis typically comprise single MLST genotypes.
abstract: During a 15-month period in Scotland a small but important number of human Campylobacter cases (3·2%) arose from 91 putative household outbreaks. Of the 26 outbreaks with known strain composition, 89% were composed of the same MLST which supports the potential use of MLST in public health epidemiology. The number of cases associated with household outbreaks is much larger than general outbreaks and there is some evidence to indicate that there may be secondary transmission, although this is relatively rare.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rotariu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Smith-Palmer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cowden
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Bessell
authors.forename: G T
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Innocent
authors.forename: S W J
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Reid
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Matthews
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dallas
authors.forename: I D
authors.initials: ID
authors.lastname: Ogden
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Forbes
authors.forename: N J C
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Strachan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012606:Scotland / Q000453:epidemiology; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D055815:Young Adult