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Table 3 Prevalence of Campylobacter spp. by season. J-M: January-March; A-J: April-June; JY-S: July-September; O-D: October-December

From: Prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in skinless, boneless retail broiler meat from 2005 through 2011 in Alabama, USA

   

Percentage

Months

No-samples

Positive (%, UCI-LCIa)

C. jejuni

C. coli

J-M

124

50 (40, 49–31)

88

10

A-J

285

116 (41, 46–34)

66

30

JY-S

311

131 (41, 47–36)

56

34

O-D

35

11 (34, 49–17)

91

9

  1. a Upper and lower confidence intervals.
  2. No statistical difference was found for the number of positives by season.
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BMC Microbiology

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