Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK.
Epidemiol Infect. 2010 Dec;138(12):1744-7. doi: 10.1017/S0950268810001457. Epub 2010 Jun 29.
During a 15-month period in Scotland a small but important number of human Campylobacter cases (3·2%) arose from 91 putative household outbreaks. Of the 26 outbreaks with known strain composition, 89% were composed of the same MLST which supports the potential use of MLST in public health epidemiology. The number of cases associated with household outbreaks is much larger than general outbreaks and there is some evidence to indicate that there may be secondary transmission, although this is relatively rare.
在苏格兰的 15 个月期间，从小规模但很重要的数量来看，有 3.2%的人类弯曲杆菌病例（Campylobacter）源自 91 起疑似家庭暴发。在已知菌株组成的 26 起暴发中，89%由相同的 MLST 组成，这支持了 MLST 在公共卫生流行病学中的潜在应用。与家庭暴发相关的病例数量远远大于一般暴发，有一些证据表明可能存在二次传播，尽管这种情况相对较少。
