Molecular prevalence and genotyping of Chlamydia spp. in wild birds from South Korea

Wild birds are reservoirs for Chlamydia spp. Of the total 225 samples from wild birds during January to September 2016 in Korea, 4 (1.8%) and 2 (0.9%) showed positive for Chlamydia psittaci and Chlamydia gallinacea, respectively. Phylogenetic analyses and comparisons of sequence identities for outer...

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Autores principales: JEONG, Jipseol, AN, Injung, OEM, Jae-Ku, WANG, Seung-Jun, KIM, Yongkwan, SHIN, Jeong-Hwa, WOO, Chanjin, KIM, Youngsik, JO, Seong-Deok, SON, Kidong, LEE, Saemi, JHEONG, Weonhwa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Japanese Society of Veterinary Science 2017
Materias:
Wildlife Science
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5559364/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28579580
http://dx.doi.org/10.1292/jvms.16-0516
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Sumario:Wild birds are reservoirs for Chlamydia spp. Of the total 225 samples from wild birds during January to September 2016 in Korea, 4 (1.8%) and 2 (0.9%) showed positive for Chlamydia psittaci and Chlamydia gallinacea, respectively. Phylogenetic analyses and comparisons of sequence identities for outer-membrane protein A (ompA) revealed that Korean C. psittaci fall into three previously known genotypes; genotype E, 1V and 6N, whereas the Korean C. gallinacea were classified as new variants of C. gallinacea. Our study demonstrates that wild birds in South Korea carry at least two Chlamydia species: C. psittaci and C. gallinacea, and provides new information on the epidemiology of avian chlamydiosis in wild birds.

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