TY - JOUR AU - Patrick, Mary AU - Gilbert, Maarten AU - Blaser, Martin AU - Tauxe, Robert AU - Wagenaar, Jaap AU - Fitzgerald, Collette T1 - Human Infections with New Subspecies of Campylobacter fetus T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2013 VL - 19 IS - 10 SP - 1678 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Campylobacter fetus subsp. testudinum subsp. nov. is a newly proposed subspecies of C. fetus with markers of reptile origin. We summarize epidemiologic information for 9 humans infected with this bacterium. All cases were in men, most of whom were of Asian origin. Infection might have been related to exposure to Asian foods or reptiles. KW - Campylobacter fetus KW - C. fetus subsp. fetus KW - C. fetus subsp. venerealis KW - C. fetus subsp. testudinum subsp. nov. KW - bacteria KW - reptiles KW - epidemiology KW - foodborne infections KW - human infections KW - United States KW - China DO - 10.3201/eid1910.130883 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/10/13-0883_article ER - End of Reference