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and have contributed to our understanding of the difficulties in typing campylobacters. This was important work which needed to be done. The project has confirmed that there is no single ideal typing method that can be applied to every situation; a combination of methods is often needed depending on the questions to be answered. 74
Project code: OZ0607 Project title: An investigation of the distinguishing features of C. jejuni strains that have host/disease associations. Start date (dd/mm/yy): 01/07/01 End date (dd/mm/yy): 30/06/04 £508,987 Total cost: Affiliation: Veterinary Laboratories Agency (Weybridge) Sub-contractor(s): Abstract of research The attribution of poultry as the major source of human campylobacteriosis remains debatable. In order to inform risk assessment models, this project aimed to investigate the role of other livestock as potential sources and the possibility that all strains of campylobacter were pathogenic for humans. A multi-pronged approach was therefore adopted to investigate the relationships between C.jejuni pathogenicity and host. Initial studies using higher disciminatory MLST-based approaches demonstrated that the populations of C. jejuni from human cases and from colonised animals overlap significantly, indicating all veterinary campylobacters are potentially pathogenic to man. However, at least one host-associated cluster was evident in pigs. Additionally, genomic stability and instability were important factors in the ecology of this bacterial species. A second approach investigated the molecular pathogenesis of disease, in order to identify virulent and non-virulent organisms. In vitro assays indicated that there were no obvious associations between genotype and putative campylobacter virulence properties, therefore, attempts were made to identify specific genetic markers of virulence. A transposon mutant library was produced and invasion-deficient mutants selected, which may provide future markers of invasiveness. Rapid molecular assays for screening CDT activity were developed and for the first time the immunogenicity of CDT was investigated using a novel neutralisation assay. Human anti-CDT antibodies were detectable in infected humans but no antibodies were detected in colonised chickens indicating a host-related specificity in response. Additionally significant progress was made on the identification of a fimbrial surface structure. Finally, a sentinel study was undertaken which demonstrated passage-associated changes in the genome sequence strain, NCTC11168, resulting in differences in chick colonisation, motility, morphology and invasiveness. Transcript analysis demonstrated changes in expression of a number of genes involved with the adaptation to microaerobic growth. This work is of huge significance to the research community by clarifying the importance of strain origin in virulence and physiological studies. Review summary At the start of project OZ0607 it was beginning to be recognised that poultry is not the only source for human campylobacter infection, and not all strains of campylobacter are pathogenic to humans. In order to more accurately attribute disease source and identify potential control measures, indicators of the relationships between strains, pathogenicity and host were required. 75
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Plans for taking forward these prio
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6. Aims of the FBZ research review
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epidemiology of Salmonella and anti
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Page 32 and 33: OZ0311 Conventional versus capillar
Page 34 and 35: OZ0402 OZ0404 OZ0405 OZ0407 OZ0604
Page 36 and 37: OZ0704 OZ0705 OZ0706 OZ0707 Quantif
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Page 48 and 49: Review Summary The project was felt
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Page 78 and 79: Review summary Project OZ0606 focus
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Page 96 and 97: Project code: OZ0138C Project title
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