Causative Agent: Campylobacter spp. bacteria
Mode of Transmission: Ingestion (contaminated food/water, fecal-oral); direct contact
Incubation Period: Human: 1-11 days (range of 3-5 days most common)
Animal: 3-25 days (although most cases are asymptomatic)
Clinical Signs Human: System Form (C. fetus)-chills; sweats; fever; cough; weight loss; anorexia; vomiting; diarrhea; late term abortion
Intestinal Form: (C. jejuni)-acute diarrhea +/-blood; abdominal pain; vomiting; headache; vague sense of ill-being
Clinical Signs Animal: Abortion, enteritis and infertility may be seen; asymptomatic carriers are common
Control and Prevention: Dispose of aborted fetuses and placentas promptly; good personal hygiene
Comments: Person to person transmission has been observed.