کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
5539870 1553515 2017 5 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Transmission of Coxiella burnetii to cage mates using murine animal model
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علوم کشاورزی و بیولوژیک علوم دامی و جانورشناسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Transmission of Coxiella burnetii to cage mates using murine animal model
چکیده انگلیسی
Aerosols from the products of abortions of infected animals with Coxiella burnetii were known to be the main source of infection in humans with this bacterium. However, little is known about the excretion of C. burnetii in the feces and urine of infected mice, or the dynamic of transmission between infected and healthy mice. To investigate whether C. burnetii can be excreted in the feces and urine of infected mice and whether transmission to uninfected cage mates occurs, male mice were inoculated with C. burnetii using a “whole body aerosol system” and feces and urine were collected different time points post-infection from these mice. One hour post exposure to aerosols, uninfected mice was placed with infected mice and the transmission was monitored using blood, and organs biopsies collected after sacrifice of contact mice different time points post-contact. Bacterial DNA was not detected in the feces and urine of infected mice at 3, 7, 14 and 28 days post-inoculation suggesting that C. burnetii was not excreted in the feces and urine and consequently they cannot be source of contamination. However, based on the positive PCR results for lungs, blood, spleen, tracheal lymph nodes and cervical lymph nodes, some of the contact animals were considered contaminated at 8 days post-contact. These results indicated that transmission of C. burnetii to contact animals occurs, and it is unlikely that feces and urine act as source of this transmission. Further experiments are needed to clarify the exact mode of contamination.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - Volume 50, February 2017, Pages 29-33
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