Campylobacter in chickens in Brazil – Review

Authors

  • Letícia Ríspoli Coelho
  • Guilherme Paz Monteiro
  • Roberta Torres de Melo
  • Priscila Christen Nalevaiko
  • Eliane Pereira Mendonça
  • Eduardo Almeida Freitas
  • Daise Aparecida Rossi

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Abstract

Campylobacter sp. is recognized worldwide as the bacterium that causes more diarrhea in humans, being reported as the most common zoonotic infection. Poultry meat and its derivatives are the most incriminated in the transmission to humans. The need for methods faster and less laborious detection has led to significant advances in research development and commercialization of diagnostic kits with high sensitivity and specificity in the world. Only with the knowledge of the different factors that influence the presence and multiplication of the microorganism, it is possible to establish preventive policies to prevent or control it. Thus, it is necessary to monitor diagnostic techniques are reproducible so safely subsidize the different actions for its control in Brazil.

Published

2015-09-09

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Medicina veterinária

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