HUMAN BUT NOT OVINE ISOLATES OF BORDETELLA-PARAPERTUSSIS ARE HIGHLY CLONAL AS DETERMINED BY PCR-BASED RAPD FINGERPRINTING

Authors
YUK MH HEININGER U DETEJADA GM MILLER JF
Citation
Mh. Yuk et al., HUMAN BUT NOT OVINE ISOLATES OF BORDETELLA-PARAPERTUSSIS ARE HIGHLY CLONAL AS DETERMINED BY PCR-BASED RAPD FINGERPRINTING, Infection, 26(5), 1998, pp. 270-273
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases
Journal title
Infection → ACNP
ISSN journal
03008126
Volume
26
Issue
5
Year of publication
1998
Pages
270 - 273
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-8126(1998)26:5<270:HBNOIO>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
The DNA fingerprints of 170 human isolates and ten ovine isolates of B ordetella parapertussis were examined by arbitrarily-primed PCR/RAPD w ith 29 primers. Based on this technique, all the human isolates appear highly genetically homogenous. The ovine isolates could be distinguis hed from human isolates and they showed diversity among themselves. Th erefore, human isolates of B. parapertussis are a highly clonal group adapted to infect humans and they are distinct from polymorphic ovine isolates.