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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2003, p. 7523-7526, Vol. 69, No. 12
0099-2240/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.12.7523-7526.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Avian Reservoirs and Zoonotic Potential of the Emerging Human Pathogen Helicobacter canadensis

Jonas Waldenström,1 Stephen L. W. On,2* Richard Ottvall,1 Dennis Hasselquist,1 Clare S. Harrington,2 and Björn Olsen3,4

Department of Animal Ecology, Lund University, SE-223 62 Lund,1 Department of Infectious Diseases, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå,3 Research Institute for Zoonotic Ecology and Epidemiology, SE-396 93 Färjestaden, Sweden,4 Danish Veterinary Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark2

Received 22 January 2003/ Accepted 6 August 2003

A polyphasic identification approach was used to investigate the taxonomic position of Campylobacter-like isolates recovered from barnacle geese (Branta leucopsis) and Canada geese (Branta candensis). Seven strains were selected from a collection of 21 isolates and analyzed by extensive phenotypic testing; four strains were characterized by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. The results clearly identified the bird isolates as Helicobacter canadensis, recently described as an emerging human pathogen. This is the first report of an animal reservoir for this organism and of its presence in Europe and confirms the zoonotic potential of H. canadensis.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Danish Veterinary Institute, Bülowsvej 27, DK-1790 Copenhagen V, Denmark. Phone: 45 35 30 02 59. Fax: 45 35 30 01 20. E-mail: sto{at}vetinst.dk.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, December 2003, p. 7523-7526, Vol. 69, No. 12
0099-2240/03/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.12.7523-7526.2003
Copyright © 2003, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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