Prevalence of Chlamydophila psittaci in fecal droppings from feral pigeons in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
In many cities, the feral rock dove is an abundant bird species that can harbor Chlamydophila psittaci. We determined the prevalence and genotype of C. psittaci in fresh fecal samples from feral pigeons in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The prevalence was 7.9% overall (26/331; 95% confidence interval, 5 to 11). Ten genotyped PCR-positive samples were all genotype B.
Heddema
Edou R
ER
Department of Medical Microbiology, Room L1-245, P.O. Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands. e.r.heddema@amc.uva.nl.
Ter Sluis
Sietske
S
Buys
Jan A
JA
Vandenbroucke-Grauls
Christina M J E
CM
van Wijnen
Joop H
JH
Visser
Caroline E
CE
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000382:microbiology; D001483:Base Sequence; D002691:Chlamydophila psittaci / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010856:Columbidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D005838:Genotype; D005843:Geography; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009426:Netherlands; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial