Prevalence of Escherichia albertii in Raccoons (Procyon lotor), Japan.

Authors :: Atsushi Hinenoya
Keigo Nagano
Awasthi, Sharda P.
Noritoshi Hatanaka
Shinji Yamasaki
Hinenoya, Atsushi
Nagano, Keigo
Hatanaka, Noritoshi
Yamasaki, Shinji
Source :: Emerging Infectious Diseases. Jun2020, Vol. 26 Issue 6, p1304-1307. 4p. 1 Diagram, 2 Charts.
Publication Year :: 2020
Abstract: Natural reservoirs of Escherichia albertii remain unclear. In this study, we detected E. albertii by PCR in 248 (57.7%) of 430 raccoons from Osaka, Japan, and isolated 143 E. albertii strains from the 62 PCR-positive samples. These data indicate that raccoons could be a natural reservoir of E. albertii in Japan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]