Title
Isolation and molecular identification of potentially pathogenic Escherichia coli and Campylobacter jejuni in feral pigeons from an urban area in the city of Lima, Peru
Other title
Isolamento e detecção de Escherichia coli e Campylobacter jejuni potencialmente patogênicos em pombos selvagens de uma área urbana na cidade de Lima, Perú
Date Issued
01 September 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
Abstract
Feral pigeons (Columbia livia) live in close contact with humans and other animals. They can transmit potentially pathogenic and zoonotic agents. The objective of this study was to isolate and detect strains of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli and Campylobacter jejuni of urban feral pigeons from an area of Lima, Peru. Fresh dropping samples from urban parks were collected for microbiological isolation of E. coli strains in selective agar, and Campylobacter by filtration method. Molecular identification of diarrheagenic pathotypes of E.coli and Campylobacter jejuni was performed by PCR. Twenty-two parks were sampled and 16 colonies of Campylobacter spp. were isolated. The 100% of isolates were identified as Campylobacter jejuni. Furthermore, 102 colonies of E. coli were isolated and the 5.88% resulted as Enteropathogenic (EPEC) type and 0.98% as Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC). The urban feral pigeons of Lima in Peru can act as a reservoir or carriers of zoonotic potentially pathogenic enteric agents.
Start page
393
End page
396
Volume
57
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Biología celular, Microbiología Patología Medicina tropical
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84983201957
PubMed ID
Source
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo
ISSN of the container
00364665
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