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dc.contributor.authorAcke, Els
dc.contributor.authorCarroll, Cyril
dc.contributor.authorO'Leary, Aoife
dc.contributor.authorMcGill, Kevina
dc.contributor.authorKelly, Lorraine
dc.contributor.authorLawlor, Amanda
dc.contributor.authorMadden, Robert H
dc.contributor.authorMoran, Lynn
dc.contributor.authorScates, Pam
dc.contributor.authorMcNamara, Eleanor
dc.contributor.authorMoore, John E
dc.contributor.authorJones, Boyd R
dc.contributor.authorFanning, Seamus
dc.contributor.authorWhyte, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-20T15:58:57Z
dc.date.available2018-09-20T15:58:57Z
dc.date.issued2011-01-01
dc.identifier.citationAcke, Els; Carroll, Cyril; O'Leary, Aoife; McGill, Kevina; Kelly, Lorraine; Lawlor, Amanda; Madden, Robert H; Moran, Lynn; Scates, Pam; McNamara, Eleanor; Moore, John E; Jones, Boyd R; Fanning, Seamus; Whyte, Paul (2011). Genotypic characterisation and cluster analysis of campylobacter jejuni isolates from domestic pets, human clinical cases and retail food. Irish Veterinary Journal 64 ,
dc.identifier.issn2046-0481
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10379/10119
dc.description.abstractThe genetic similarity of Campylobacter jejuni isolates from pets, compared to human clinical cases and retail food isolates collected in Ireland over 2001-2006 was investigated by cluster analysis of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) fingerprinting profiles. Comparison of the PFGE profiles of 60 pet isolates and 109 human isolates revealed that seven (4.1%) profiles were grouped in clusters including at least one human and one pet C. jejuni isolate. In total six (1.6%) of 60 pet and 310 food profiles were in clusters with at least one food and one pet C. jejuni isolate. The detection of only a small number of genetically indistinguishable isolates by PFGE profile cluster analysis from pets and from humans with enteritis in this study suggests that pets are unlikely to be an important reservoir for human campylobacteriosis in Ireland. However, genetically indistinguishable isolates were detected and C. jejuni from pets may circulate and may contribute to clinical infections in humans. In addition, contaminated food fed to pets may be a potential source of Campylobacter infection in pets, which may subsequently pose a risk to humans.
dc.publisherSpringer Nature
dc.relation.ispartofIrish Veterinary Journal
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Ireland
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ie/
dc.subjectmolecular characterization
dc.subjectyoung-children
dc.subjectrisk-factors
dc.subjectdogs
dc.subjectireland
dc.subjectcats
dc.subjectspp.
dc.subjecttransmission
dc.subjectprevalence
dc.subjectreservoirs
dc.titleGenotypic characterisation and cluster analysis of campylobacter jejuni isolates from domestic pets, human clinical cases and retail food
dc.typeArticle
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/2046-0481-64-6
dc.local.publishedsourcehttps://irishvetjournal.biomedcentral.com/track/pdf/10.1186/2046-0481-64-6?site=irishvetjournal.biomedcentral.com
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