Prevalence of Chlamydophila psittaci in fecal droppings from feral pigeons in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
| Autor: | Jan A. Buys, Sietske ter Sluis, Joop H. van Wijnen, Caroline E. Visser, Christina M. J. E. Vandenbroucke-Grauls, Edou R. Heddema |
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| Přispěvatelé: | AII - Amsterdam institute for Infection and Immunity, Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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DNA
Bacterial Veterinary medicine Genotype animal diseases Molecular Sequence Data Prevalence Animals Wild Public Health Microbiology Biology urologic and male genital diseases Polymerase Chain Reaction Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Feces Animals Columbidae DNA Primers Netherlands Chlamydia psittaci Chlamydophila Base Sequence Geography Ecology Molecular epidemiology biology.organism_classification bacterial infections and mycoses Virology Chlamydophila psittaci Dove Food Science Biotechnology |
| Zdroj: | Applied and environmental microbiology, 72(6), 4423-4425. American Society for Microbiology |
| ISSN: | 0099-2240 |
| Popis: | In many cities, the feral rock dove is an abundant bird species that can harbor Chlamydophila psittaci . We determined the prevalence and genotype of C. psittaci in fresh fecal samples from feral pigeons in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The prevalence was 7.9% overall (26/331; 95% confidence interval, 5 to 11). Ten genotyped PCR-positive samples were all genotype B. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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