title: An optimized binary typing panel improves the typing capability for Campylobacter jejuni.
abstract: Campylobacter jejuni is a frequent bacterial pathogen causing gastroenteritis worldwide. We report here a mathematically optimized combination of 10 loci selected from 2 previously published binary typing panels. The optimized combination offers advantages of higher differentiation capability, simplicity, cost-effectiveness, and portability for routine surveillance and outbreak investigations of C. jejuni.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Microbiology Laboratory, Queensland Health Forensic and Scientific Services, 39 Kessels Road, Coopers Plains, Queensland 4108, Australia. Electronic address: benhuang72@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Bixing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Ning-Xia
authors.initials: NX
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Ashleigh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.forename: Sofroni
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eglezos
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Blair
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002169:Campylobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D016123:Campylobacter jejuni / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D006801:Humans; D058889:Molecular Typing / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D060885:Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction; D040641:Quantitative Trait Loci
keywords: Binary typing; Campylobacter jejuni; Optimized combination