How to Use campylobacter in a Sentence

campylobacter

noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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