Occurrence of enteropathogenic bacteria in Urban pigeons (columba livia) in Italy

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 251-255

  Gargiulo, Antonio ^a   Russo, Tamara Pasqualina ^a   Schettini, Rita ^a   Mallardo, Karina ^a   Calabria, Mariarosaria ^a   Menna, Lucia Francesca ^a   Raia, Pasquale ^b   Pagnini, Ugo ^a   Caputo, Vincenzo ^b   Fioretti, Alessandro ^a   Dipineto, Ludovico ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Centro di Riferimento Regionale per l'Igiene Urbana Veterinaria ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Campylobacter jejuni; Escherichia coli O157; Salmonella Typhimurium; Urban pigeon

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; COLUMBA LIVIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PIGEON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEROTYPING; ZOONOSIS; ANIMAL; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; DISEASE CARRIER; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; COLUMBIDAE; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ITALY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84928584389     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: 15577759     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2011.0943     Document Type: Article

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