Nhung, Nguyen Thi, Yen, Nguyen Thi Phuong, Cuong, Nguyen, Kiet, Bach Tuan, Hien, Vo Be, Campbell, James, Thwaites, Guy 
ORCID: 0000-0002-2858-2087, Baker, Stephen ORCID: 0000-0003-1308-5755, Geskus, Ronald, Ashton, Philip et al (show 1 more authors)
(2020)
Carriage of the zoonotic organism Streptococcus suis in chicken flocks in Vietnam.
Zoonoses and public health, 67 (8).
pp. 843-848.
Abstract
Streptococcus suis infections are an emerging zoonotic agent causing severe disease in humans and a major pig pathogen worldwide. We investigated the colonization of S. suis in healthy chickens in different flocks (n = 59) as well as in-contact pigs in farms with S. suis-positive chickens (n = 44) in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. Streptococcus suis was isolated from 20 (33.9%) chicken flocks and from all pigs investigated. Chicken isolates formed a distinct genotypic cluster compared with pig and human strains, although two chicken isolates (10%) clustered with pig isolates. Chicken isolates had unusually high levels of resistance against tetracycline (100%), clindamycin (100%) and erythromycin (95%); and intermediate resistance against penicillin (35%) and ceftriaxone (15%). Our findings suggest that chickens may potentially represent a source of S. suis infection to in-contact humans and pigs.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Animals, Chickens, Swine, Humans, Streptococcus suis, Streptococcal Infections, Zoonoses, Poultry Diseases, Swine Diseases, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Carrier State, Drug Resistance, Multiple, Bacterial, Vietnam |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Infection, Veterinary and Ecological Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Sep 2023 08:30 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Sep 2023 08:30 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/zph.12711 |
| Open Access URL: | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/z... |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3172788 |
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