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ArticleZoonoses and public health2022

Host-associated variability of the cdtABC operon, coding for the cytolethal distending toxin, in Campylobacter jejuni.

Pedro Guirado, Yaidelis Iglesias-Torrens, Elisenda Miró, Ferran Navarro, Camile Stephan-Otto Attolini, Carlos Balsalobre, Cristina Madrid

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Article in Zoonoses and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Pedro GuiradoDepartament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Yaidelis Iglesias-TorrensHospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau and Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain.
Elisenda MiróHospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau and Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain.
Ferran NavarroHospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau and Institut d'Investigació Biomèdica Sant Pau (IIB Sant Pau), Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4302-2838
Camile Stephan-Otto AttoliniInstitute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona, Spain.
Carlos BalsalobreDepartament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4147-219X
Cristina MadridDepartament de Genètica, Microbiologia i Estadística, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-5861-3980
Universitat de Barcelona · ESUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelona · ESHospital de Sant Pau · ESInstitute for Research in Biomedicine · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Campylobacter, a major cause of food-borne gastroenteritis worldwide, colonize the gastrointestinal tract of a wide range of animals, being birds the main reservoir. The mechanisms involved in the interaction of Campylobacter with the different hosts are poorly understood. The cytolethal distending toxin, encoded in the cdtABC operon, is considered a pivotal virulence factor during human infection. Differences in the prevalence of cdtABC genes in Campylobacter isolates from three distinct origins (wild birds, broiler chickens and humans) prompted us to further characterize their allelic variability. The sequence of cdtABC is highly conserved among broiler and human isolates. A high diversity of cdtABC alleles was found among wild bird isolates, including several alleles that do not produce any functional CDT. These results suggest that specific variants of the cdtABC operon might define the host range of specific Campylobacter jejuni isolates. Moreover, our data indicate that PCR methodology is inaccurate to characterize the prevalence of the cdt genes, since negative PCR detection can be the result of divergences in the sequence used for primer design rather than indicating the absence of a specific gene.

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CampylobacterCampylobacter InfectionsCampylobacter jejuniAnimalsAnimals, WildBacterial ToxinsChickensHumansOperonBacterial Toxinscytolethal distending toxinallelic variabilityCampylobactercytolethal distending toxinPCR detectionWGS

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PMID36053024
PMCPMC9826217
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