There is no such thing as the minimum infectious dose
2017-06-27
..at least not in the way the term is generally used Campylobacter Campylobacteriosis is not much fun. I’ve had it and quite a lot of people will have a dose every year. Usually, as long as people keep taking fluids, it will go away eventually with no long-term ill effects. For a few people it can produce a nasty long-term disease known as Guillain Barré syndrome, and for fewer people still it can be fatal. Whenever you read descriptions of the disease there will inevitably be reference to something like “as few as 500 cells” is the dose which must be eaten to cause disease.Read More →