Helicobacter pullorum in Chickens, Belgium

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Ceelen, Liesbeth M. ; Decostere, Annemie ; Van den Bulck, Kathleen ; On, Stephen L.W. ; Baele, Margo ; Ducatelle, Richard ; Haesebrouck, Freddy
• Description:
  A total of 110 broilers from 11 flocks were tested for Helicobacter pullorum by polymerase chain reaction; positive samples were reexamined with a conventional isolation method. H. pullorum isolates were examined by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) fingerprinting for interstrain genetic diversity and relatedness. Sixteen isolates from cecal samples from 2 different flocks were obtained. AFLP analysis showed that these isolates and 4 additional isolates from a different flock clustered according to their origin, which indicates that H. pullorum colonization may occur with a single strain that disseminates throughout the flock. Strains isolated from different hosts or geographic sources displayed a distinctive pattern. H. pullorum is present in approximately one third of live chickens in Belgium and may represent a risk to human health.
• Subjects:
  Abattoirs Animals Cecum Chickens Helicobacter Helicobacter Infections Polymerase Chain Reaction Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length Poultry Poultry Diseases
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 12(2):263-267.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Belgium
• Volume:
  12
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:d650bb958ed472454faac03600b4566240a4e74eac714ee0b2521c7f23bea763
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/16000/cdc_16000_DS1.pdf
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