Zero prevalence of Clostridium difficile in wild passerine birds in Europe

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 321, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-185

  Bandelj, Petra ^a   Trilar, Tomi ^a   Racnik, Jozko ^a   Zadravec, Marko ^a   Pirš, Tina ^a   Avbersek, Jana ^a   Micunovic, Jasna ^a   Ocepek, Matjaz ^a   Vengust, Modest ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Migrating birds; Pathogen transmission

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIRD; CLOACA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DISEASE CARRIER; EUROPE; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD SPECIES;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CARRIER STATE; CLOACA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EUROPE; PASSERIFORMES; PREVALENCE;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 79960375701     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2011.02333.x     Document Type: Article

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