Detection of pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica in pet Djungarian hamsters in Japan

The prevalence of Yersinia enterocolitica (Y. enterocolitica) and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis was examined in 151 pet animals including 108 rodents, 39 rabbits and four sugar gliders from 13 pet stores in the Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Y. enterocolitica serogroup O:3 biotype 3 negative for the Vog...

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Autores principales: KAMEYAMA, Mitsuhiro, YABATA, Junko, OBANE, Noriko, OTSUKA, Hitoshi, NOMURA, Yasuharu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2016
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Public Health
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5095638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27396397
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.15-0654
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Sumario:The prevalence of Yersinia enterocolitica (Y. enterocolitica) and Yersinia pseudotuberculosis was examined in 151 pet animals including 108 rodents, 39 rabbits and four sugar gliders from 13 pet stores in the Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. Y. enterocolitica serogroup O:3 biotype 3 negative for the Voges-Proskauer reaction (O:3/3 variant VP-) was isolated from five Djungarian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus) raised at the same pet store. These pathogenic Y. enterocolitica isolates carried the virulence genes, yadA, ail and virF, and were shown to be clonal by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis with NotI digestion. This is a first report of pathogenic Y. enterocolitica O:3/3 variant VP- in pet Djungarian hamsters in Japan.

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