Current epidemiological issues in human campylobacteriosis

Summary, 85S 2. Introduction, 85S 2.1 Incidence, 85S 2.2 Estimated real incidence (Infectious intestinal disease in the community study), 86S 2.3 Case control studies, 86S 3. Typing methods for C. jejuni and C. coli, 86S 3.1 Requirements and problems, 86S 3.2 Serotyping, 87S 3.3 Phage typing, 88S 3.4 Pulsed field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), 88S 3.5 Flagellin gene restriction fragment length polymorphism (fla typing), 88S 3.6 Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP), 88S 4. Use of typing in epidemiological studies, 88S 4.1 Seasonality, 88S 4.2 C. jejuni serotype HS 19, 89S 4.3 The relationship between Campylobacter isolates in animals and man, 89S 4.4 Campylobacter in meat on retail sale, 90S 4.5 Campylobacter infection in households, 90S 5. General outbreaks, 90S 5.1 Detection and reporting of Campylobacter outbreaks, 90S 5.2 Waterborne outbreaks, 91S 5.3 Outbreaks associated with consumption of chicken, 91S 5.4 Outbreaks associated with milk, 92S 5.5 Cross contamination, 92S 6. Conclusions, 92S