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The isolation of Campylobacter jejuni from flies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

E. P. Wright
E. P. Wright
Affiliation:
Public Health Laboratory, Luton and Dunstable Hospital, Luton LU4 ODZ
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Living flies collected from three locations were cultured on selective medium for Campylobacter spp. Campylobacter jejuni was isolated from five (2·4%) of 210 flies examined.

These results suggest that the potential hazard to health from the transmission of campylobacters from animals to human food by flies is small.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 91 , Issue 2 , October 1983 , pp. 223 - 226
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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