Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Genotyping and Distribution of Coxiella burnetii Strains from Field Samples in Belgium

ABSTRACT The genotypic characterization of Coxiella burnetii provides useful information about the strains circulating at the farm, region, or country level and may be used to identify the source of infection for animals and humans. The aim of the present study was to investigate the strains of C. burnetii circulating in caprine and bovine Belgian farms using a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) technique. Direct genotyping was applied to different samples (bulk tank milk, individual milk, vaginal swab, fetal product, and air sample). Besides the well-known SNP genotypes, unreported ones wer... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Dal Pozzo, Fabiana
Renaville, Bénédicte
Martinelle, Ludovic
Renaville, Robert
Thys, Christine
Smeets, François
Kirschvink, Nathalie
Grégoire, Fabien
Delooz, Laurent
Czaplicki, Guy
Saegerman, Claude
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
Reihe/Periodikum: Applied and Environmental Microbiology ; volume 82, issue 1, page 81-86 ; ISSN 0099-2240 1098-5336
Verlag/Hrsg.: American Society for Microbiology
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29361602
Datenquelle: BASE; Originalkatalog
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Link(s) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/aem.02799-15

ABSTRACT The genotypic characterization of Coxiella burnetii provides useful information about the strains circulating at the farm, region, or country level and may be used to identify the source of infection for animals and humans. The aim of the present study was to investigate the strains of C. burnetii circulating in caprine and bovine Belgian farms using a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) technique. Direct genotyping was applied to different samples (bulk tank milk, individual milk, vaginal swab, fetal product, and air sample). Besides the well-known SNP genotypes, unreported ones were found in bovine and caprine samples, increasing the variability of the strains found in the two species in Belgium. Moreover, multiple genotypes were detected contemporarily in caprine farms at different years of sampling and by using different samples. Interestingly, certain SNP genotypes were detected in both bovine and caprine samples, raising the question of interspecies transmission of the pathogen.