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Volume 30, Number 10—October 2024
Research

Population Structure and Antimicrobial Resistance in Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli Isolated from Humans with Diarrhea and from Poultry, East Africa

Nigel P. FrenchComments to Author , Kate M. Thomas, Nelson B. Amani, Jackie Benschop, Godfrey M. Bigogo, Sarah Cleaveland, Ahmed Fayaz, Ephrasia A. Hugho, Esron D. Karimuribo, Elizabeth Kasagama, Ruth Maganga, Matayo L. Melubo, Anne C. Midwinter, Blandina T. Mmbaga, Victor V. Mosha, Fadhili I. Mshana, Peninah Munyua, John B. Ochieng, Lynn Rogers, Emmanuel Sindiyo, Emanuel S. Swai, Jennifer R. Verani, Marc-Alain Widdowson, David A. Wilkinson, Rudovick R. Kazwala, John A. Crump1, and Ruth N. Zadoks1
Author affiliations: Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand (N.P. French, J. Benschop, A. Fayaz, A.C. Midwinter, L. Rogers, D.A. Wilkinson); Ministry for Primary Industries, Wellington, New Zealand (K.M. Thomas); Kilimanjaro Clinical Research Institute, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre, Moshi, Tanzania (N.B. Amani, E.A. Hugho, E. Kasagama, M.L. Melubo, B.T. Mmbaga, V.V. Mosha, F.I. Mshana); Centre for Global Health Research, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya (G.M. Bigogo, J.B. Ochieng); University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK (S. Cleaveland, R. Maganga, R.N. Zadoks); Sokoine University of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania (E.D. Karimuribo, R.R. Kazwala); Kilimanjaro Christian Medical University College, Moshi (B.T. Mmbaga); US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Nairobi, Kenya (P. Munyua, J.R. Verani, M.-A. Widdowson); Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania (E. Sindiyo); Ministry of Livestock and Fisheries, Dodoma, Tanzania (E.S. Swai); University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand (J.A. Crump); University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (R.N. Zadoks)

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Table

Prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in poultry by region and production type, Tanzania, 2016–2017*

Characteristic Farm-level prevalence
Prevalence, % No. positive No. sampled
Region
Arusha City 42.3 11 26
Moshi Municipal
 55.0
 22
 40
Production type
Extensive 37.5 6 16
Semi-intensive 43.8 7 16
Intensive indigenous 72.2 13 18
Intensive broiler 43.8 7 16

*There were no significant differences in prevalence between regions and production types (χ2 test p>0.6 for both contingency tables).

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1These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

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