Vermin on pig farms are vectors for Clostridium difficile PCR ribotypes 078 and 045

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 160, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 256-258

  Burt, S A ^a   Siemeling, L ^a   Kuijper, E J ^b   Lipman, L J A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Insects; Mice; PCR ribotyping; Pigs; Vermin

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIPTERA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRAIN FLY; DROSOPHILA; HOUSE FLY; MOUSE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPARROW; TENEBRIO;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE VECTORS; HOUSEFLIES; MICE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NETHERLANDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBOTYPING; SUS SCROFA; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; HEXAPODA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; PASSER DOMESTICUS; POSIBACTERIA; SUIDAE; TENEBRIO MOLITOR;

EID: 84866983133     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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