Captive Green Iguana Carries Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Pathotypes

Captive Green Iguana Carries Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Pathotypes

The green iguana appears to be a carrier for bacteria causing gastrointestinal infections in humans. The presence of diarrheagenic E. coli (DEC) pathotypes, however, has not been studied in this reptile. The aim of the current work was to investigate the prevalence of DEC in the intestines of 240 ca...

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Main Authors: Gerardo Uriel Bautista-Trujillo, Federico Antonio Gutiérrez-Miceli, Leonel Mandujano-García, María Angela Oliva-Llaven, Carlos Ibarra-Martínez, Paula Mendoza-Nazar, Benigno Ruiz-Sesma, Carlos Tejeda-Cruz, Liset Candelaria Pérez-Vázquez, Jesús Eduardo Pérez-Batrez, Jorge E. Vidal, Javier Gutiérrez-Jiménez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Veterinary Science
Subjects:
diarrheagenic Escherichia coli
prevalence
Iguana
Chiapas
antibiotic resistance
zoonosis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fvets.2020.00099/full

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