Journal article
Chlamydia psittaci st24: Clonal strains of one health importance dominate in australian horse, bird and human infections
SI Anstey, V Kasimov, C Jenkins, A Legione, J Devlin, J Amery-Gale, J Gilkerson, S Hair, N Perkins, AJ Peel, N Borel, Y Pannekoek, AL Chaber, L Woolford, P Timms, M Jelocnik
Pathogens | MDPI | Published : 2021
Abstract
Chlamydia psittaci is traditionally regarded as a globally distributed avian pathogen that can cause zoonotic spill-over. Molecular research has identified an extended global host range and significant genetic diversity. However, Australia has reported a reduced host range (avian, horse, and human) with a dominance of clonal strains, denoted ST24. To better understand the widespread of this strain type in Australia, multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and ompA genotyping were applied on samples from a range of hosts (avian, equine, marsupial, and bovine) from Australia. MLST confirms that clonal ST24 strains dominate infections of Australian psittacine and equine hosts (82/88; 93.18%). However..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This research was funded by the Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Award (DE190100238), awarded to M.J.