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JOURNAL OF VETERINARY SCIENCE
Volume 10, Issue 1, Pages 67-72Publisher
KOREAN SOC VETERINARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.4142/jvs.2009.10.1.67
Keywords
cat; Helicobacter; prevalence; zoonosis
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- Research Institute of Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University
- Korean Research Foundation Grant [KRF-005-E00078]
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Discovery of Helicobacter(H.)pylori has led to a fundamental change in our understanding of gastric diseases in humans. Previous studies have found various Helicobacter spp. in dogs and cats, and pets have been questioned as a zoonotic carrier. The present study surveyed the Helicobacter infections and investigated the presence of H. felis and H. pylori infections in domestic and feral cats in Korea. Sixty-four domestic cats and 101 feral cats were selected from an animal shelter. Saliva and feces were evaluated by Helicobacter genus-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Genus-specific PCR positive samples were further evaluated for H. felis and H. pylori using specific primer pairs. Thirty-six of 64 (56.3%) samples from domestic cats and 92 of 101 (91.1%) samples from feral cats were PCR positive; the positive rate of feces samples was higher than that of saliva samples in both groups. H. felis and H. pylori species-specific PCR was uniformly negative. The prevalence of Helicobacter spp. in feral cats was approximately two-fold higher than that of domestic cats. The fecal-oral route may be more a common transmission route not only between cats but also in humans.
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