Well Water as a Possible Source of Waddlia chondrophila Infections

Waddlia chondrophila is an emerging pathogen considered as a potential agent of abortion in humans and bovines, and is related with human respiratory disease. Despite these findings, the infection source and transmission pathways have not been identified. The evidence of growth into amoeba suggests...

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Autores principales: Codony, Francesc, Fittipaldi, Mariana, López, Esther, Morató, Jordi, Agustí, Gemma
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology/The Japanese Society of Soil Microbiology 2012
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4103567/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23047147
http://dx.doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME12048
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author Codony, Francesc
Fittipaldi, Mariana
López, Esther
Morató, Jordi
Agustí, Gemma
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description Waddlia chondrophila is an emerging pathogen considered as a potential agent of abortion in humans and bovines, and is related with human respiratory disease. Despite these findings, the infection source and transmission pathways have not been identified. The evidence of growth into amoeba suggests water as a possible environmental source. The presence of Waddlia chondrophila was determined in drinking and well water samples (n=70) by quantitative PCR (Q-PCR). Positive results were observed in 10 (25%) of the 40 well samples analyzed; therefore, well water could be a potential reservoir and possible infection source of Waddlia chondrophila in animals and humans.
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spelling pubmed-41035672014-07-24 Well Water as a Possible Source of Waddlia chondrophila Infections Codony, Francesc Fittipaldi, Mariana López, Esther Morató, Jordi Agustí, Gemma Microbes Environ Short Communication Waddlia chondrophila is an emerging pathogen considered as a potential agent of abortion in humans and bovines, and is related with human respiratory disease. Despite these findings, the infection source and transmission pathways have not been identified. The evidence of growth into amoeba suggests water as a possible environmental source. The presence of Waddlia chondrophila was determined in drinking and well water samples (n=70) by quantitative PCR (Q-PCR). Positive results were observed in 10 (25%) of the 40 well samples analyzed; therefore, well water could be a potential reservoir and possible infection source of Waddlia chondrophila in animals and humans. Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology/The Japanese Society of Soil Microbiology 2012-12 2012-10-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4103567/ /pubmed/23047147 http://dx.doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME12048 Text en Copyright © 2012 by the Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology / the Japanese Society of Soil Microbiology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Well Water as a Possible Source of Waddlia chondrophila Infections
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