title: Campylobacter jejuni is not an important pathogen as a cause of diarrhea in US travelers to Mexico.
abstract: Campylobacter jejuni is an unusual cause of travelers' diarrhea acquired in Mexico, but previous studies have relied only on stool culture for diagnosis. We conducted a cohort study to determine if antibody seroconversion to C jejuni would better reflect the occurrence of infection acquired in Mexico. Serum IgG, IgA, and IgM antibodies to Campylobacter seroconverted in only 2 of 353 participants (0.6%). These data further support that C jejuni infection is an unusual cause of travelers' diarrhea in US visitors to Mexico.
authors.affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA.
authors.forename: Nicolas A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Villa
authors.forename: Pablo C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Okhuysen
authors.forename: Jose
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Flores-Figueroa
authors.forename: Zhi-Dong
authors.initials: ZD
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Jaime
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Belkind-Gerson
authors.forename: Mercedes
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Paredes
authors.forename: Jamal A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.forename: Parvathy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: Lily
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Carlin
authors.forename: Herbert L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: DuPont
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology*; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000032:analysis; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D014195:Travel; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007075:Immunoglobulin M; D007136:Immunoglobulins