title: High prevalence and species diversity of Helicobacter spp. detected in wild house mice.
abstract: PCR diagnostics detected 100% prevalence of Helicobacter in 425 wild house mice (Mus musculus) from across central Europe. Of seven species identified, the five most frequent were Helicobacter rodentium (78%), H. typhlonius (53%), H. hepaticus (41%), H. bilis (30%), and H. muridarum (1%). Double infections were more common (42%) than single (30%) and triple (21%) infections. Wild house mice could be considered potential reservoirs of Helicobacter strains for both humans and other vertebrates.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic. wasim.bt@gmail.com
authors.lastname: Wasimuddin
authors.forename: Dagmar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Čížková
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bryja
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Albrechtová
authors.forename: Heidi C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Hauffe
authors.forename: Jaroslav
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Piálek
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000382:microbiology*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D060085:Coinfection / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D016998:Helicobacter / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D016481:Helicobacter Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D015995:Prevalence; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S