Detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in retail cheeses from Greece and the Czech Republic.
We investigated the presence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in retail cheeses from Greece and the Czech Republic. We found that 31.7% and 3.6% of our samples reacted positive by PCR and culture, respectively. Consumption of these cheeses is likely to result in human exposure to M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis, albeit at a low level for viable cells.
Ikonomopoulos
John
J
School of Animal Science, Department of Anatomy-Physiology, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, 11855 Votanikos, Athens, Greece. ikonomop@aua.gr
Pavlik
Ivo
I
Bartos
Milan
M
Svastova
Petra
P
Ayele
Wuhib Yayo
WY
Roubal
Petr
P
Lukas
John
J
Cook
Nigel
N
Gazouli
Maria
M
D001483:Base Sequence; D002611:Cheese / Q000382:microbiology*; D018153:Czech Republic; D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004587:Electrophoresis, Agar Gel; D006115:Greece; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016927:Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial