Direct Detection of Escherichia coli Virulence Genes by Real-Time PCR in Fecal Samples from Bats in Brazil
Journal of Wildlife Diseases publish this investigation article
October 1st, 2015
Guano samples from 412 Brazilian bats were screened with real-time PCR for the virulence genes (eae, est, elt, stx1, stx2, ehxA, invA, bfpA, aggR) representing five intestinal pathotypes of Escherichia coli. From 82 pooled samples, 22% contained Escherichia coli DNA, and eae, est, bfpA, aggR were detected
Cabal A., Pereira MJ., Aguilar LM., Dominguez L., Fonseca C., Alvarez J., Drexler JL. and Gortazar C.
Servicio de Zoonosis de Transmisión Alimentaria y Resistencia a Antimicrobianos (ZTA). Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET). Universidad Complutense (UCM). | |
Sanidad y Biotecnología (SaBio). Instituto de Investigación en Recursos Cinegéticos (IREC). Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC). Universidad de Castilla La Mancha (UCLM). Gobierno de Castilla-La Mancha (JCCM). | |
Department of Zoology. Institute of Biosciences. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). | |
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal (PPGBAN). | |
Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS). | |
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Civil (PPGEC). | |
Departament of Biology & CESAM. University of Aveiro (UA). | |
Department of Zoology. Institute of Biological Sciences. University of Brasília (UNB). | |
Department of Veterinary Population Medicine. College of Veterinary Medicine. University of Minnesota (UMM). | |
Institute of Virology. University of Bonn Medical Centre. | |
Laboratory of Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals. Faculty of Animal Health and Aquaculture. Agricultural University of Athens (AUA). | |
Department of Biology. School of Medicine. Agricultural University of Athens (AUA). | |
Laboratory for Radiation Chemistry and Physics. Vinča Institute of Nuclear Science. | |
Dipartamento di Scienze Biomediche. Sezione di Microbiologia Clinica e Sperimentale. Università degli Studi di Sassari (UNISS). | |