Distinct Campylobacter fetus lineages adapted as livestock pathogens and human pathobionts in the intestinal microbiota

Human infections with Campylobacter fetus are often assumed to be derived from livestock. Here, Iraola et al. provide evidence that healthy humans may act as carriers and dispersers, and C. fetus may have originated in humans as an intestinal pathobiont and then adapted as a livestock pathogen.

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Autores principales: Gregorio Iraola, Samuel C. Forster, Nitin Kumar, Philippe Lehours, Sadjia Bekal, Francisco J. García-Peña, Fernando Paolicchi, Claudia Morsella, Helmut Hotzel, Po-Ren Hsueh, Ana Vidal, Simon Lévesque, Wataru Yamazaki, Claudia Balzan, Agueda Vargas, Alessandra Piccirillo, Bonnie Chaban, Janet E. Hill, Laura Betancor, Luis Collado, Isabelle Truyers, Anne C. Midwinter, Hatice T. Dagi, Francis Mégraud, Lucía Calleros, Ruben Pérez, Hugo Naya, Trevor D. Lawley
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Publicado: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/5b359899ec704e4ba7fa0c8281740e8d
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Sumario:Human infections with Campylobacter fetus are often assumed to be derived from livestock. Here, Iraola et al. provide evidence that healthy humans may act as carriers and dispersers, and C. fetus may have originated in humans as an intestinal pathobiont and then adapted as a livestock pathogen.