Survey of Helicobacter infection in domestic and feral cats in Korea
| Autor: | Woo-Sung Jung, Heh-Myung Ghil, Cheol-Yong Hwang, Jong-Hyeon Yoo, Hwa-Young Youn, Tae-Ho Chung |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Bacterial Veterinary medicine prevalence cat Biology Cat Diseases Polymerase Chain Reaction Helicobacter Infections law.invention Feces Species Specificity law Helicobacter medicine Animals Saliva Polymerase chain reaction Korea CATS Helicobacter pylori General Veterinary Felis Zoonosis zoonosis biology.organism_classification medicine.disease Cats Helicobacter felis Original Article |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Veterinary Science |
| ISSN: | 1229-845X |
| DOI: | 10.4142/jvs.2009.10.1.67 |
| Popis: | Discovery of Helicobacter (H.) pylori has led to a fundamental change in our understanding of gastric diseases in humans. Previous studies have found various Helicobacter spp. in dogs and cats, and pets have been questioned as a zoonotic carrier. The present study surveyed the Helicobacter infections and investigated the presence of H. felis and H. pylori infections in domestic and feral cats in Korea. Sixty-four domestic cats and 101 feral cats were selected from an animal shelter. Saliva and feces were evaluated by Helicobacter genus-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Genus-specific PCR positive samples were further evaluated for H. felis and H. pylori using specific primer pairs. Thirty-six of 64 (56.3%) samples from domestic cats and 92 of 101 (91.1%) samples from feral cats were PCR positive; the positive rate of feces samples was higher than that of saliva samples in both groups. H. felis and H. pylori species-specific PCR was uniformly negative. The prevalence of Helicobacter spp. in feral cats was approximately two-fold higher than that of domestic cats. The fecal-oral route may be more a common transmission route not only between cats but also in humans. |
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