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ArticleBioMed research international2015

Population Diversity of Campylobacter jejuni in Poultry and Its Dynamic of Contamination in Chicken Meat.

Francesca Marotta, Giuliano Garofolo, Guido Di Donato, Giuseppe Aprea, Ilenia Platone, Silvia Cianciavicchia, Alessandra Alessiani, Elisabetta Di Giannatale

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Article in BioMed research international, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  6. Bacteriophage therapy for controlling poultry production problems.Iranian journal of veterinary research · 2025
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  7. SVR-flaA typing of erythromycin- and ciprofloxacin-resistant Campylobacter jejuni strains isolated from poultry slaughterhouses in southern Brazil.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2023
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  10. Wildlife Waterfowl as a Source of PathogenicPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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  15. Molecular typing of Campylobacter jejuni strains: comparison among four different techniques.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2020
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  16. The Use of Bacteriophages in the Poultry Industry.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020
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  18. Application ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Francesca MarottaIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G.Caporale", National Reference Laboratory for Campylobacter, 64100 Teramo, Italy.
Giuliano GarofoloIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G.Caporale", National Reference Laboratory for Campylobacter, 64100 Teramo, Italy.
Guido Di DonatoIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G.Caporale", National Reference Laboratory for Campylobacter, 64100 Teramo, Italy.
Giuseppe ApreaIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G.Caporale", National Reference Laboratory for Campylobacter, 64100 Teramo, Italy.
Ilenia PlatoneIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G.Caporale", National Reference Laboratory for Campylobacter, 64100 Teramo, Italy.
Silvia CianciavicchiaIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G.Caporale", National Reference Laboratory for Campylobacter, 64100 Teramo, Italy.
Alessandra AlessianiIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G.Caporale", National Reference Laboratory for Campylobacter, 64100 Teramo, Italy.
Elisabetta Di GiannataleIstituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G.Caporale", National Reference Laboratory for Campylobacter, 64100 Teramo, Italy.
Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise G. Caporale · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study aimed to analyse the diversity of the Campylobacter jejuni population in broilers and to evaluate the major source of contamination in poultry meat. Eight rearing cycles over one year provided samples from three different broiler farms processed at the same slaughterhouse. A total of 707 C. jejuni were isolated from cloacal swabs before slaughter and from the breast skin of carcasses after slaughter and after chilling. All suspected Campylobacter colonies were identified with PCR assays and C. jejuni was genotyped by sequence analysis of the flaA short variable region (SVR) and by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) using SmaI enzyme. Phenotypic antibiotic resistance profiles were also assayed using minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC). The flocks carried many major C. jejuni clones possibly carrying over the rearing cycles, but cross contamination between farms may happen. Many isolates were resistant to fluoroquinolones, raising an issue of high public concern. Specific Campylobacter populations could be harboured within each poultry farm, with the ability to contaminate chickens during each new cycle. Thus, although biosecurity measures are applied, with a persistent source of contamination, they cannot be efficient. The role of the environment needs further investigation to better address strategies to control Campylobacter.

Indexed as

AbattoirsAnimalsCampylobacter jejuniChickensDrug Resistance, MicrobialFlagellinGenotypeHumansMeatPoultryflaA protein, bacteriaFlagellin

Identifiers

PMID26543870
PMCPMC4620384
OpenAlexW2159815454

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