TY - JOUR
T1 - Identification and molecular characterization of Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus isolated from camels (Camelus dromedarius) and camel milk in Kenya and Somalia
AU - Younan, M.
AU - Estoepangestie, A. T.S.
AU - Cengiz, M.
AU - Alber, J.
AU - El-Sayed, A.
AU - Lämmler, C.
PY - 2005/4
Y1 - 2005/4
N2 - Seventeen Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus strains isolated from camels and camel milk in Kenya and Somalia were identified by their cultural characteristics, by biochemical and serological reactions with the help of commercial identification systems and by molecular studies using a multiplex PCR. The isolates were further characterized by a PCR-mediated detection of size polymorphisms in the 16S-23S rDNA intergenic spacer region and the virulence gene szp and by amplification of the virulence gene cne. These molecular analysis are potentially useful in identifying and characterizing S. equi subsp. zooepidemicus strains of this origin and could possibly be valuable in epidemiological investigations.
AB - Seventeen Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus strains isolated from camels and camel milk in Kenya and Somalia were identified by their cultural characteristics, by biochemical and serological reactions with the help of commercial identification systems and by molecular studies using a multiplex PCR. The isolates were further characterized by a PCR-mediated detection of size polymorphisms in the 16S-23S rDNA intergenic spacer region and the virulence gene szp and by amplification of the virulence gene cne. These molecular analysis are potentially useful in identifying and characterizing S. equi subsp. zooepidemicus strains of this origin and could possibly be valuable in epidemiological investigations.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2005.00828.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2005.00828.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 15876228
AN - SCOPUS:18944379008
SN - 0931-1793
VL - 52
SP - 142
EP - 146
JO - Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health
JF - Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health
IS - 3
ER -