TY - JOUR
T1 - Campylobacter jejuni is not an important pathogen as a cause of diarrhea in US travelers to Mexico
AU - Villa, Nicolas A.
AU - Okhuysen, Pablo C.
AU - Flores-Figueroa, Jose
AU - Jiang, Zhi Dong
AU - Belkind-Gerson, Jaime
AU - Paredes, Mercedes
AU - Mohamed, Jamal A.
AU - Nair, Parvathy
AU - Carlin, Lily
AU - Dupont, Herbert L.
PY - 2011/1
Y1 - 2011/1
N2 - Campylobacter jejuni is an unusual cause of travelers' diarrhea acquired in Mexico, but previous studies have relied only on stool culture for diagnosis. We conducted a cohort study to determine if antibody seroconversion to C jejuni would better reflect the occurrence of infection acquired in Mexico. Serum IgG, IgA, and IgM antibodies to Campylobacter seroconverted in only 2 of 353 participants (0.6%). These data further support that C jejuni infection is an unusual cause of travelers' diarrhea in US visitors to Mexico.
AB - Campylobacter jejuni is an unusual cause of travelers' diarrhea acquired in Mexico, but previous studies have relied only on stool culture for diagnosis. We conducted a cohort study to determine if antibody seroconversion to C jejuni would better reflect the occurrence of infection acquired in Mexico. Serum IgG, IgA, and IgM antibodies to Campylobacter seroconverted in only 2 of 353 participants (0.6%). These data further support that C jejuni infection is an unusual cause of travelers' diarrhea in US visitors to Mexico.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00469.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1708-8305.2010.00469.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 21199144
AN - SCOPUS:78650944049
SN - 1195-1982
VL - 18
SP - 56
EP - 58
JO - Journal of Travel Medicine
JF - Journal of Travel Medicine
IS - 1
ER -