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Abstract
The genus campylobacter is of great importance to public health.
Poultry is a natural host for Campylobacter species and the broiler chickens
gut especially the caeca is often colonized by C. jejuni in particular.
Thereby, this study was carried out to study the role of broilers and their
meat in transmitting of Campylobacter spp. to humans live in Sharkia
Province, Egypt.
A total of 533 samples from human (stool, n=246) and chicken (131
cloacal swabs, 39 thigh meat, 39 breast meat, 39 neck skin and 39 caecal
part) were collected from Zagazig city, Sharkia Province, Egypt during the
period extended from September, 2013 to March, 2014.
All samples were phenotypically screened for the presence of
Campylobacter spp.
In chickens, campylobacters were isolated from 46 cloacal swabs
(35.1%), 12 neck skin (30.8%), 12 breast meat (30.8%), 15 thigh
meat (38.5%) and 16 caecal part (41.23%).
C. jejuni were identified in 21 cloacal swabs (45.7%), 6 neck skin
(50%), 5 breast meat (41.7%), 7 thigh meat (46.7%) and 13 caecal
parts (81.3%).
Human stool samples (246) were collected from persons attending
the outpatient clinic of Al-Ahrar general hospital.
In human, 13 stool samples were found to be positive for
Campylobacters (5.3%). C. jejuni were identified in 10 isolates
(76.9%), while the other 3 isolate was identified as C. coli (23.1%).