Dynamics of Campylobacter colonization of a natural host, Sturnus vulgaris (European starling).

Wild European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) shed Campylobacter at high rates, suggesting that they may be a source of human and farm animal infection. A survey of Campylobacter shedding of 957 wild starlings was undertaken by culture of faecal specimens and genetic analysis of the campylobacters isol...

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Những tác giả chính: Colles, F, McCarthy, N, Howe, J, Devereux, C, Gosler, A, Maiden, M
Định dạng: Journal article
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: 2009
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author Colles, F
McCarthy, N
Howe, J
Devereux, C
Gosler, A
Maiden, M
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Maiden, M
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description Wild European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) shed Campylobacter at high rates, suggesting that they may be a source of human and farm animal infection. A survey of Campylobacter shedding of 957 wild starlings was undertaken by culture of faecal specimens and genetic analysis of the campylobacters isolated: shedding rates were 30.6% for Campylobacter jejuni, 0.6% for C. coli and 6.3% for C. lari. Genotyping by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and antigen sequence typing established that these bacteria were distinct from poultry or human disease isolates with the ST-177 and ST-682 clonal complexes possibly representing starling-adapted genotypes. There was seasonal variation in both shedding rate and genotypic diversity, both exhibiting a maximum during the late spring/early summer. Host age also affected Campylobacter shedding, which was higher in younger birds, and turnover was rapid with no evidence of cross-immunity among Campylobacter species or genotypes. In nestlings, C. jejuni shedding was evident from 9 days of age but siblings were not readily co-infected. The dynamics of Campylobacter infection of starlings differed from that observed in commercial poultry and consequently there was no evidence that wild starlings represent a major source of Campylobacter infections of food animals or humans.
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spelling oxford-uuid:a36e6605-e9d3-47a4-9b51-1a251e5b7ae72022-03-27T02:26:55ZDynamics of Campylobacter colonization of a natural host, Sturnus vulgaris (European starling).Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:a36e6605-e9d3-47a4-9b51-1a251e5b7ae7EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2009Colles, FMcCarthy, NHowe, JDevereux, CGosler, AMaiden, MWild European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) shed Campylobacter at high rates, suggesting that they may be a source of human and farm animal infection. A survey of Campylobacter shedding of 957 wild starlings was undertaken by culture of faecal specimens and genetic analysis of the campylobacters isolated: shedding rates were 30.6% for Campylobacter jejuni, 0.6% for C. coli and 6.3% for C. lari. Genotyping by multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and antigen sequence typing established that these bacteria were distinct from poultry or human disease isolates with the ST-177 and ST-682 clonal complexes possibly representing starling-adapted genotypes. There was seasonal variation in both shedding rate and genotypic diversity, both exhibiting a maximum during the late spring/early summer. Host age also affected Campylobacter shedding, which was higher in younger birds, and turnover was rapid with no evidence of cross-immunity among Campylobacter species or genotypes. In nestlings, C. jejuni shedding was evident from 9 days of age but siblings were not readily co-infected. The dynamics of Campylobacter infection of starlings differed from that observed in commercial poultry and consequently there was no evidence that wild starlings represent a major source of Campylobacter infections of food animals or humans.
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McCarthy, N
Howe, J
Devereux, C
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Dynamics of Campylobacter colonization of a natural host, Sturnus vulgaris (European starling).
title Dynamics of Campylobacter colonization of a natural host, Sturnus vulgaris (European starling).
title_full Dynamics of Campylobacter colonization of a natural host, Sturnus vulgaris (European starling).
title_fullStr Dynamics of Campylobacter colonization of a natural host, Sturnus vulgaris (European starling).
title_full_unstemmed Dynamics of Campylobacter colonization of a natural host, Sturnus vulgaris (European starling).
title_short Dynamics of Campylobacter colonization of a natural host, Sturnus vulgaris (European starling).
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