Four hundred and one consecutive diarrhoea patients and 101 adult patients without diarrhoea were enrolled for this study from a health centre in Lusaka. Campylobacter was isolated from 6% of patients with acute diarrhoea. However, non of these were seen in control group. Further studies are being carried out to determine the importance of Campylobacter species with other bacterial pathogens. It will also be interesting to see its impact and association with human immuno deficiency virus in this region.
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January 2025
Department of Animal and Public Health, School of Veterinary Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Av. Circunvalacion 2800, San Borja 15021, Lima 41, Peru; Tropical and Highlands Veterinary Research Institute, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Jr. 28 de Julio s/n, Jauja, 12150, Peru; Global Health Center, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Av. Honorio Delgado 430, San Martín de Porres 15102, Lima 41, Peru. Electronic address:
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Department of Bacterial Genetics, Institute of Microbiology, Warszawa, Poland.
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Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA.
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