This study investigates the prolonged immune response to Campylobacter jejuni infection in chickens, showing persistent IL-4, IgM/IgY, and IgA levels with high IL-10 and IL-17A, suggesting immune persistence without severe inflammation.

bioRxiv · Aug 23, 2024 · PreprintImmunology

Campylobacter jejuni transmission and colonisation in broiler chickens is inhibited by Faecal Microbiota Transplantation.

Rachel Gilroy, Gemma Chaloner, Amy Wedley, Lizeth Lacharme-Lora, Sue Jopson, Paul Wigley

This study shows that faecal microbiota transplantation in broiler chicks reduces Campylobacter jejuni colonisation and transmission.

bioRxiv · Nov 26, 2018 · PreprintMicrobiology

The role of a single non-coding nucleotide in the evolution of an epidemic African clade of Salmonella

Disa L. Hammarlöf, Carsten Kröger, Siân V. Owen, Rocı́o Canals, Lizeth Lacharme‐Lora, Nicolas Wenner, Anna E. Schager, Timothy J. Wells, Ian R. Henderson, Paul Wigley, Karsten Hokamp, Nicholas Feasey, Melita A. Gordon, Jay C. D. Hinton

The paper identifies a non-coding SNP in the pgtE promoter of Salmonella ST313 that increases PgtE expression, contributing to serum resistance and virulence in a chicken model.

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Feb 27, 2018Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology