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Campylobacter jejuni—An Emerging Foodborne Pathogen

Sean F. Altekruse,* Norman J. Stern,† Patricia I. Fields,‡ and David L. Swerdlow‡
*U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA; †U.S. Department of Agriculture, Athens, Georgia, USA; and ‡Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA


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Figure 1. Cases of Campylobacter and other foodborne infections by month of specimen collection; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/U.S. Department of Agriculture/Food and Drug Administration Collaborating Sites Foodborne Disease Active Surveillance Network, 1996.


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Figure 2. Scanning electron microscope image of Campylobacter jejuni, illustrating its corkscrew appearance and bipolar flagella. Source: Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, Virginia.

 

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