How to Use campylobacter in a Sentence
campylobacter
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Last year ago an outbreak of campylobacter in a suburb of Hastings on the North Island made 3,000 people sick and killed two or three.
— The Economist, 21 Sep. 2017 -
Twelve of the campylobacter victims are Petland employees from stores in four states.
— Andy Marso, kansascity, 11 Sep. 2017 -
Health officials have been working to lower rates of campylobacter, which is the most common cause of food poisoning in the country.
— Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2019 -
Officials have been working to fight campylobacter, the most common cause of food poisoning in Britain.
— BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2019 -
And too many people have done so anyway at their peril and ended up sick as a dog from salmonella, Cyclospora, campylobacter, and more.
— John Mariani, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2021 -
The good news is that people with a campylobacter infection typically recover on their own.
— Yoni Heisler, BGR, 29 Aug. 2021 -
Egert did not find the common bacteria that cause foodborne illnesses, such as salmonella, E. coli and campylobacter.
— Alice Park, Time, 27 Apr. 2018 -
In the case of campylobacter, symptoms don't typically start to present themselves until two to five days after exposure, while salmonella can start wreaking havoc in as little as six hours, per the CDC.
— Elizabeth Bacharach, Women's Health, 29 Aug. 2023 -
Chickens can also expose people to the campylobacter bacteria.
— Jen Christensen, CNN, 18 Jan. 2023 -
Cases of campylobacter, listeria and shigella remained steady while cases of cyclospora, vibrio and yersinia increased.
— Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2022 -
Another type of bacteria, campylobacter, is also found on raw or under-cooked poultry, and accounts for about 1.3 million illnesses every year.
— Erika Edwards, NBC News, 20 Aug. 2019 -
However, eating undercooked or raw chicken can cause food poisoning from bacteria like salmonella and campylobacter - a fact which many Twitter users were quick to point out.
— Taylor Rock, chicagotribune.com, 12 Sep. 2017 -
Raw beef often contains harmful bacteria such as salmonella, campylobacter, listeria and E. coli - each of which can disrupt the body's digestive tract and cause foodborne illness.
— Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2024 -
Stomach flu can result from unclean food and water parasites and bacteria, such as E. coli, campylobacter, shigella, and Salmonella.
— Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023 -
Digestive illnesses Heat is linked with higher risks for salmonella and campylobacter outbreaks.
— Emily Holden, Scientific American, 16 Sep. 2019 -
Unclean coops can help spread diseases such as salmonella, histoplasmosis and campylobacter infection to humans.
— Jeff Piorkowski/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 21 Feb. 2018 -
In many cases, food poisoning is caused by bacteria—such as salmonella, E. coli, or campylobacter—that’s lurking in undercooked meat or contaminated produce.
— Amanda MacMillan, Health.com, 27 Mar. 2018 -
Food poisoning can be caused by ingesting several types of germs including salmonella, campylobacter, E. coli and listeria.
— Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 10 Feb. 2023 -
Raw milk is far more likely than pasteurized milk to cause illnesses and hospitalizations linked to dangerous bacteria such as campylobacter, listeria, salmonella and E. coli, research shows.
— Jonel Aleccia, Fortune, 14 May 2024 -
In additional lab experiments, the scientists injected raw chicken breast fillets with a cocktail of campylobacter and salmonella.
— Joanna Klein, New York Times, 1 May 2020 -
The presence of campylobacter bacteria was found during an ordinary sample collection and analysis at a production facility.
— Yoni Heisler, BGR, 29 Aug. 2021 -
One gram of dog poop can contain up to 23 million fecal coliform bacteria, and dog poop is also a common carrier of whipworms, hookworms, roundworms, parvo, coronavirus, giardia, salmonella, cryptosporidium, and campylobacter.
— Wes Siler, Outside Online, 27 Mar. 2018 -
The Humane Society said its undercover investigator became ill with campylobacter after contact with Petland’s puppies.
— Briana Rice, Cincinnati.com, 14 Nov. 2019 -
Some common infections that can affect the gastrointestinal tract include salmonella, campylobacter, and giardia.
— Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 6 Oct. 2022 -
The campylobacter bacteria can cause campylobacteriosis.
— Yoni Heisler, BGR, 29 Aug. 2021 -
Raw, unpasteurized milk can harbor germs like listeria, salmonella, campylobacter or cryptosporidium.
— Rachel Meltzer Warren, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020 -
Foodborne illnesses analyzed included microbial contamination as well as Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, Listeria monocytogenes, salmonella, and campylobacter.
— Rebecca Jaspan, Mph, Rd, Cdn, Cdces, Health, 6 Apr. 2023
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