title: Prevalence of Chlamydophila psittaci in fecal droppings from feral pigeons in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology, Room L1-245, P.O. Box 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands. e.r.heddema@amc.uva.nl.
authors.forename: Edou R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Heddema
authors.forename: Sietske
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ter Sluis
authors.forename: Jan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Buys
authors.forename: Christina M J E
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Vandenbroucke-Grauls
authors.forename: Joop H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: van Wijnen
authors.forename: Caroline E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Visser
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial