Publication: Identification and molecular characterization of Streptococcus equi subsp zooepidemicus isolated from camels (Camelus dromedarius) and camel milk in Kenya and Somalia
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2005-04
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Cengiz, Mahir
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Younan, Mario
Estoepangestie, Agnes T. S.
Alber, Joerg
El-Sayed, Amr
Lammler, Cristoph
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Wiley-Blackwell Publishing
Abstract
Seventeen Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus strains isolated from camels and camel milk in Kenya and Somalia were identified by their cultural characteristics, by biochemical and serological reactions with the help of commercial identification systems and by molecular studies using a multiplex PCR. The isolates were further characterized by a PCR-mediated detection of size polymorphisms in the 16S-23S rDNA intergenic spacer region and the virulence gene szp and by amplification of the virulence gene cne. These molecular analysis are potentially useful in identifying and characterizing S. equi subsp. zooepidemicus strains of this origin and could possibly be valuable in epidemiological investigations.
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Polymerase-chain-reaction, Serological group-C, Lancefield-group-C, Intergenic spacer, Peritonitis, Infection, Sequences, Disease, Gene, Veterinary sciences, Camelidae, Camelus dromedarius, Somalia, Streptococcus, Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus
Citation
Younan, M. vd. (2005). "Identification and molecular characterization of Streptococcus equi subsp zooepidemicus isolated from camels (Camelus dromedarius) and camel milk in Kenya and Somalia". Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B-Infectious Diseases And Veterinary Public Health, 52(3), 142-146.