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MICROBES AND ENVIRONMENTS
Volume 27, Issue 4, Pages 529-532Publisher
JAPANESE SOC MICROBIAL ECOLOGY, DEPT BIORESOURCE SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME12048
Keywords
Waddlia chondrophila; waterborne transmission; quantitative PCR; environmental detection; infection source
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- Polytechnic University of Catalonia
- Convocatoria d'Ajuts per a la Iniciacio i Reincorporacio a la Recerca
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Waddlia chondrophila is an emerging pathogen considered as a potential agent of abortion in humans and bovines, and is related with human respiratory disease. Despite these findings, the infection source and transmission pathways have not been identified. The evidence of growth into amoeba suggests water as a possible environmental source. The presence of Waddlia chondrophila was determined in drinking and well water samples (n = 70) by quantitative PCR (Q-PCR). Positive results were observed in 10 (25%) of the 40 well samples analyzed; therefore, well water could be a potential reservoir and possible infection source of Waddlia chondrophila in animals and humans.
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