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The significance of wild birds (Larus sp.) in the epidemiology of campylobacter infections in humans

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

C. D. Whelan ,
P. Monaghan ,
R. W. A. Girdwood  and
C. R. Fricker
C. D. Whelan
Affiliation:
Department of Bacteriology, Stobhill General Hospital, Glasgow G21 3UW
P. Monaghan
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ.
R. W. A. Girdwood
Affiliation:
Department of Bacteriology, Stobhill General Hospital, Glasgow G21 3UW
C. R. Fricker
Affiliation:
Department of Bacteriology, Stobhill General Hospital, Glasgow G21 3UW
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During much of the present century, the population of herring gulls in Britain has increased rapidly (Cramp, Bourne & Saunders, 1973; Chabrzyk & Coulson, 1976; Monaghan & Coulson, 1977). Accompanying this changes was an increased utilization by these birds of human waste as a food supply, particularly sewage and refuse emanating from our towns and cities (Monaghan, 1983; Horton et al. 1983). This, coupled with their habits of roosting on agricultural land and water storage reservoirs and of breeding on inhabited buildings, has given rise to concern over the role of these birds in the spread of disease to man and domestic animals (e.g. Fenlon, 1981; Reilly et al. 1981; Butterfield et al. 1983; Monaghan et al. 1985; Girdwood et al. 1986).

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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 101 , Issue 2 , October 1988 , pp. 259 - 267
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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