Evaluation of the presence and zoonotic transmission of Chlamydia suis in a pig slaughterhouse

BMC Infectious Diseases

Daisy Vanrompay³  Eric Cox⁴  Servaas A Morré¹  Lutgart Braeckman²  Tom Geens⁵  Hendrik Dhondt⁵  Leentje De Puysseleyr³  Kristien De Puysseleyr³ 

[1]Department of Genetics and Cell Biology, Institute for Public Health Genomics (IPHG), Research School GROW (School for Oncology & Developmental Biology), Faculty of Health, Medicine & Life Sciences, University of Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands

[2]Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

[3]Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, University of Ghent, Coupure Links 653, Gent, B-9000, Belgium

[4]Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

[5]Provikmo, Occupational Health Services, Bruges, Belgium

关键词: Public health;    Tetracycline;    Zoonosis;    Swine;    Chlamydia suis;   

Others  :  1125404
DOI  :  10.1186/s12879-014-0560-x

 received in 2014-05-28, accepted in 2014-10-14,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Background

A significant number of studies on pig farms and wild boars worldwide, demonstrate the endemic presence of Chlamydia suis in pigs. However, the zoonotic potential of this pathogen, phylogenetically closely related to Chlamydia trachomatis, is still uninvestigated. Therefore, this study aims to examine the zoonotic transmission in a Belgian pig abattoir.

Methods

Presence of Chlamydia suis in pigs, contact surfaces, air and employees was assessed using a Chlamydia suis specific real-time PCR and culture. Furthermore, Chlamydia suis isolates were tested for the presence of the tet(C) gene.

Results

Chlamydia suis bacteria could be demonstrated in samples from pigs, the air and contact surfaces. Moreover, eye swabs of two employees were positive for Chlamydia suis by both PCR and culture. The tet(C) gene was absent in both human Chlamydia suis isolates and no clinical signs were reported.

Conclusions

These findings suggest the need for further epidemiological and clinical research to elucidate the significance of human ocular Chlamydia suis infections.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 De Puysseleyr et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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