Domestic and game pigeons as reservoirs for Escherichia coli harbouring antimicrobial resistance genes

Objectives: In Iran, pigeons are kept and bred on the roofs of houses, which indicates the potential significance of pigeons in the dispersal of antimicrobial resistant Escherichia coli strains. Here we characterized antimicrobial resistance genotypes in relation to phenotypic presentations and phyl...

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Main Authors: Reza Ghanbarpour, Mohammad Reza Aflatoonian, Asma Askari, Zeinab Abiri, Zahedeh Naderi, Mahboube Bagheri, Maziar Jajarmi, Sajad Shobeiri, Reza Molaei, Nasrin Askari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213716520300448