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Campylobacter fetus subsp. fetus 82-40

This is a serotype of C. fetus subsp fetus isolated from the blood of a human patient who was having a renal transplant. The ratio of bloodstream infection to diarrheal illnesses for C. fetus is nearly 400-fold higher than for C. jejuni, indicating its marked propensity for invasive disease compared to C. jejuni. This strain was chosen because it is the best characterized human C. fetus isolate.

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