Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2000 May;38(5):1998-2000.
doi: 10.1128/JCM.38.5.1998-2000.2000.

A three-year study of Campylobacter jejuni genotypes in humans with domestically acquired infections and in chicken samples from the Helsinki area

M L Hänninen  1 , P Perko-Mäkelä, A Pitkälä, H Rautelin
Affiliations

A three-year study of Campylobacter jejuni genotypes in humans with domestically acquired infections and in chicken samples from the Helsinki area

M L Hänninen et al. J Clin Microbiol. 2000 May.

Abstract

Campylobacter jejuni isolates from stool samples of patients with domestically acquired sporadic infections and from chicken from retail shops were studied during seasonal peaks from June to September over a 3-year period from 1996 to 1998. A large number of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) genotypes (a combined SmaI-SacII pattern) were identified each year. Certain genotypes persisted for the whole study period, and predominant genotypes represented 28 to 52% of the strains during a restricted period of time. The peak level of positive chicken samples was between July and August of each study year, when 10 to 33% of the samples were positive for campylobacter. The same PFGE genotypes found in humans were also detected in the chicken samples. This suggests that common genotypes were circulating in the area.

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

FIG. 1
FIG. 1
SmaI, SacII, and KpnI patterns of certain common Finnish C. jejuni genotypes. M, molecular size marker.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Ayling R, D, Woodward M J, Evans S, Newell D G. Restriction fragment length polymorphism of polymerase chain reaction products applied to the differentiation of poultry campylobacters for epidemiological investigations. Res Vet Sci. 1996;60:168–172. - PubMed
    1. Berndtson E, Emanuelsson U, Danielsson-Tham M-L, Engvall A. One year epidemiological study of campylobacters in eighteen Swedish chicken farms. Prev Vet Med. 1996;26:167–185.
    1. Gibson J, Lorenz E, Owen R J. Lineages within Campylobacter jejuni defined by numerical analysis of pulsed-field gel electrophoretic DNA profiles. J Med Microbiol. 1997;46:157–163. - PubMed
    1. Gibson J R, Sutherland K, Owen R J. Inhibition of DNase activity in PFGE analysis of DNA from Campylobacter jejuni. Lett Appl Microbiol. 1994;19:357–358. - PubMed
    1. Gibson J R, Fitzgerald C, Owen R J. Comparison of PFGE, ribotyping and phage-typing in the epidemiological analysis of Campylobacter jejuni serotype H2 infections. Epidemiol Infect. 1995;11:215–225. - PMC - PubMed