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dc.contributor.authorVarrone, L.
dc.contributor.authorStafford, R.
dc.contributor.authorLilly, K.
dc.contributor.authorSelvey, Linda
dc.contributor.authorGlass, K.
dc.contributor.authorFord, L.
dc.contributor.authorBulach, D.
dc.contributor.authorKirk, M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-19T04:16:37Z
dc.date.available2019-02-19T04:16:37Z
dc.date.created2019-02-19T03:58:13Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationVarrone, L. and Stafford, R. and Lilly, K. and Selvey, L. and Glass, K. and Ford, L. and Bulach, D. et al. 2018. Investigating locally relevant risk factors for Campylobacter infection in Australia: Protocol for a case-control study and genomic analysis. BMJ Open. 8 (12): Article ID e026630.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74336
dc.identifier.doi10.1136/bmjopen-2018-026630
dc.description.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 pure and viable Campylobacter isolate will be eligible for selection to allow for whole genome sequencing of isolates. Controls will be recruited from notified cases of influenza, frequency matched by sex, age group and geographical area of residence. All participants will be interviewed by trained telephone interviewers using a piloted questionnaire. We will collect Campylobacter isolates from retail meats and companion animals (specifically dogs), and all food, animal and human isolates will undergo whole genome sequencing. We will use sequence data to estimate the proportion of human infections that can be attributed to animal and food reservoirs (source attribution modelling), and to identify spatial clusters and temporal trends. Source-assigned analysis of the case-control study data will also be conducted where cases are grouped according to attributed sources. Ethics and dissemination Human and animal ethics have been approved. Genomic data will be published in online archives accompanied by basic metadata. We anticipate several publications to come from this study.

dc.publisherBM J Group
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.titleInvestigating locally relevant risk factors for Campylobacter infection in Australia: Protocol for a case-control study and genomic analysis
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume8
dcterms.source.number12
dcterms.source.issn2044-6055
dcterms.source.titleBMJ Open
curtin.departmentSchool of Public Health
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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