Identification of possible virulence marker from Campylobacter jejuni isolates

Emerg Infect Dis. 2014 Jun;20(6):1026-9. doi: 10.3201/eid2006.130635.

Abstract

A novel protein translocation system, the type-6 secretion system (T6SS), may play a role in virulence of Campylobacter jejuni. We investigated 181 C. jejuni isolates from humans, chickens, and environmental sources in Vietnam, Thailand, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom for T6SS. The marker was most prevalent in human and chicken isolates from Vietnam.

Keywords: Asia; Campylobacter jejuni; Thailand; bacteria; chicken; diarrhea; enteric infections; food security; type-6 secretion system; type-six secretion system; virulence.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Asia / epidemiology
  • Bacterial Secretion Systems / genetics
  • Campylobacter Infections / epidemiology*
  • Campylobacter Infections / microbiology
  • Campylobacter Infections / transmission
  • Campylobacter jejuni / classification
  • Campylobacter jejuni / genetics*
  • Campylobacter jejuni / isolation & purification
  • Campylobacter jejuni / pathogenicity*
  • Chickens
  • Diarrhea / epidemiology*
  • Diarrhea / microbiology
  • Genome, Bacterial*
  • Humans
  • Meat / microbiology*
  • Phylogeny
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • United Kingdom / epidemiology
  • Virulence

Substances

  • Bacterial Secretion Systems