The Public Health Implications of Campylobacter spp. in Canada and Globally

4897 words (20 pages) Essay in Health

Campylobacter is considering number one bacterium that cause human gastroenteritis in the world (WHO, 2017). Campylobacter is a gram negative bacterium cause an illness called Campylobacteriosis. Most of the Campylobacter illness is due of the species which are Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli. Campylobacteriosis symptoms are fever, diarrhoea, malaise, vomiting, abdominal pain, and blood in faeces (Quetz et al., 2017). The symptoms of Campylobacteriosis start after 2 to 5 days of the infection and last in less than a week. Some people can get infected but without showing any symptoms. Other can have the symptoms back after they start feeling better (health link BC, 2017). Campylobacter spp. is considering a hard microorganism to identify and only C. jejuni can be easy isolate by using phenotypic markers. There is a new culture-independent diagnostic tests were introduced can better results on monitoring of disease trends in developed countries. If the price of these tests drops down, they can used it for presumptive diagnosis in the developing counties as well (WHO, 2012).

Food is considered the main source for spreading Campylobacter while Chicken is considered