A national survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of Escherichia coli O26, O103, O111, and O145 in feces of Scottish cattle. In total, 6,086 fecal pats from 338 farms were tested. The weighted mean percentages of farms on which shedding was detected were 23% for E. coli O26, 22% for E. coli O103, and 10% for E. coli O145. The weighted mean prevalences in fecal pats were 4.6% for E. co...

The calcineurin gene was cloned and disrupted in serotype D strains of Cryptococcus neoformans. Serotype A and serotype D calcineurin mutants were inviable at 37 degrees C and avirulent in mice, whereas only serotype A mutants were cation stress sensitive. Thus, calcineurin plays conserved and divergent roles in serotype A and serotype D strains.

We read the papers of Bratcher and Nahm (3) and Oftadeh et al. (8) with interest. Both papers reported that Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 6D isolates react with factor antiserum specific to serotype 6C in addition to that to 6B. Pneumococcal serotype 6C, first reported in 2007, cross-reacts serologically with serotype 6A but is differentiated by a change in the wciN gene (wciN ) among the c...

An 11-amino-acid amphipathic synthetic peptide homologous to a helical region on helix 1 of human lactoferrin HLP-2 exhibited bactericidal activity against Escherichia coli serotype O111, whereas an analogue synthesized with Pro substituted for Met, HLP-6, had greatly reduced antimicrobial activity. The bactericidal activity of HLP-2 was 10-fold greater than that of HLP-6 in both buffer and gro...

Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) is a zoonotic enteric pathogen that causes human gastrointestinal illnesses. The present study characterized the virulence profiles of O157 and non-O157 STEC strains, recovered from domestic animals in small rural farms within the agricultural Culiacan Valley in Mexico. Virulence genes coding for adhesins, cytotoxins, proteases, subtypes of Shiga to...

The seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (7vPCV) includes serotype 6B. No invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) caused by this serotype has occurred in Indigenous people in north Queensland since 7vPCV was made freely available to Indigenous children in the latter part of 2001.3 Although 7vPCV does not include serotype 6A, the experience in the United States of America (USA) indicates that...

Serotype G9 may be the fifth most common human rotavirus serotype, after serotypes G1 to G4. In three cross-sectional studies of childhood diarrhea, we have detected serotype G9 rotaviruses for the first time in Libya, Kenya, and Cuba. Serotype G9 constituted 27% of all rotaviruses identified, emphasizing the reemergence of serotype G9 and suggesting that future human rotavirus vaccines will ne...

The paper presents optimized methods for PCR and sequence typing of Streptococcus pneumoniae. serotype composition pneumococci isolated from children under 5 years age with infections the upper respiratory tract was analyzed using methods. Between 2016 2021, there a decrease in frequency serotypes included pneumococcal 13-valent conjugate vaccine (PCV13) 94.1 to 25.8%, mainly due 6ABCD serogrou...

One hundred thirty-two stool specimens from infants with rotavirus gastroenteritis hospitalized in two Mexican cities (Mexico City and Mérida) were examined by serotype- and subgroup-specific enzyme immunoassays. Among them, 38 (29%) were serotype 1, 15 (11%) were serotype 2, 13 (10%) were serotype 3, 22 (17%) were serotype 4, none was serotype 5 or 6, and 44 (33%) could not be serotyped. By su...

Six field strains of Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale isolated from chickens in Elazig province located in the East of Turkey were typed by serotyping and random amplified polymorphic DNA assay using a random primer (OPG-11). Using the AGP test used for serotyping, serotype A was found to be the predominant serotype, only one strain was serotyped as serotype B. By RAPD assay, the tested ORT stra...