Is chicken meat the most important source of human Campylobacter infection in New Zealand?

From: New Zealand Journal of Medical Laboratory Science | Date: August 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

It is undisputed that chicken meat plays a role in human campylobacteriosis. However, the claim that "there is overwhelming epidemiological and laboratory evidence that fresh chicken is the dominant source of human infection" (1) is open to question. For chicken as the prime source theory to be accepted, the considerable anomalies associated with this would have to be explained away. Other sources and vectors of campylobacteriosis in New Zealand should at least be properly considered. For instance, the largest reservoir of campylobacter in New Zealand is likely to be the 5.2 ...

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