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Microbiology • Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo 36 (6) • Dec 1994 • https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46651994000600004   copy

Chicken as potential contamination source of Campylocacter lari in Iquitos, Peru

Frangos como fonte potencial de contaminação por Campylobacter lari em Iquitos, Peru

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In order to know the importance of chicken as natural reservoir of Campylobacter lari in Iquitos, Peru; samples were obtained by cloacal swabs from 200 chickens and immediately placed into a semisolid enrichment medium; these were streaked on modified Skirrow Agar. The organism was isolated from 21 (10.5%) samples, corresponding 58.8% to biovar I and 41.2% to biovar II (Lior scheme). The results provide evidence that chicken appear to be prominent reservoirs of Campylobacter lari in Iquitos.

Campylobacter lari; Chicken; Reservoir

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