Journal article
Investigating locally relevant risk factors for Campylobacter infection in Australia: protocol for a case-control study and genomic analysis
Liana Varrone, Russell J Stafford, Kim Lilly, Linda Selvey, Kathryn Glass, Laura Ford, Dieter Bulach, Martyn D Kirk, Nigel P French, Mary Valcanis, Dieter Bulach, Emily Fearnley, Russell Stafford, John Bates, Trudy Graham, Keira Glasgow, Kirsty Hope, Arie H Havelaar, Joy Gregory, James Flint Show all
BMJ OPEN | BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2018
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The CampySource project aims to identify risk factors for human Campylobacter infection in Australia. We will investigate locally relevant risk factors and those significant in international studies in a case-control study. Case isolates and contemporaneous isolates from food and animal sources will be sequenced to conduct source attribution modelling, and findings will be combined with the case-control study in a source-assigned analysis. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: The case-control study will include 1200 participants (600 cases and 600 controls) across three regions in Australia. Cases will be recruited from campylobacteriosis notifications to health departments. Only those with a..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This CampySource project was supported by an NHMRC partnership grant 1116294 and contributions from Queensland Health, Food Standards Australia New Zealand, AgriFutures Australia-Chicken Meat Program, Commonwealth Department of Health, and New South Wales Department of Primary Industries. MDK is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Fellowship (GNT1145997). While undertaking studies, LV is supported through an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship.