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Chicken as potential contamination source of Campylobacter lari in Iquitos, Peru
A Tresierra-Ayala1, M E Bendayan, A Bernuy
1Department of Microbiology, Universidad Nacional de la Amazonia Peruana, Iquitos, Peru.
Revista Do Instituto De Medicina Tropical De Sao Paulo
|November 1, 1994
Abstract:
In order to know the importance of chicken as natural reservoir of Campylobacter lari in Iquitos, Peru; samples were obtained by cloacal swabs from 200 chickens and immediately placed into a semisolid enrichment medium; these were streaked on modified Skirrow Agar. The organism was isolated from 21 (10.5%) samples, corresponding 58.8% to biovar I and 41.2% to biovar II (Lior scheme). The results provide evidence that chicken appear to be prominent reservoirs of Campylobacter lari in Iquitos.