African Journal of
Microbiology Research

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Microbiol. Res.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1996-0808
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJMR
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 5233

Short Communication

First report of Chlamydophila seroprevalence in house sparrows (Passer domesticus) in Lanzhou, Northwest China

Wei Cong1,2, Dong-Hui Zhou2, Yi-Ming Tian2,3, Min-Jun Xu2, Song-Ming Wu2,3, Hui-Qun Song2,3, Xing-Quan Zhu1,2,4, Quan Zhao1 and Ai-Dong Qian1*
  1College of Animal Science and Technology, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, Jilin Province 130118, People’s Republic of China. 2State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute,  Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou, Gansu Province 730046, People’s Republic of China. 3College of Veterinary Medicine, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province 510642, People’s Republic of China. 4College of Animal Science and Technology, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan Province 650201, People’s Republic of China.
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  •  Accepted: 19 June 2012
  •  Published: 19 July 2012

Abstract

 

Chlamydophila is an obligate intracellular bacterium, found in a wide range of birds, which is frequently transmitted from infected birds to humans. In the present study, a total of 313 serum samples from free-living, clinically healthy house sparrows were examined using an indirect hemagglutination assay (IHA). Antibodies against Chlamydophila were found in 33 (10.54%) of 313 serum samples (IHA titer ≥ 1:16). The result indicated that clinical healthy status was not a reliable “standard” for the diagnosis of Chlamydophila infection and there was a potential risk for human infection with Chlamydophila in this region. The present study is the first seroprevalence survey of sparrows infected by Chlamydophila in China.

 

Key words: Chlamydophila, Seroprevalence, house sparrows, Lanzhou, northwest China, indirect hemagglutination assay (IHA).

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