| RRC ID |
4400
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| Author |
Takahashi H, Takahashi-Kyuhachi H, Takahashi Y, Yarita K, Takayama A, Inomata T, Sano A, Nishimura K, Kamei K.
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| Title |
An intrafamilial transmission of Arthroderma benhamiae in Canadian porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) in a Japanese zoo.
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| Journal |
Med Mycol
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| Abstract |
An intra-familial transmission of Arthroderma benhamiae in Canadian porcupines (Erethizon dorsatum) housed in a Japanese zoo was studied. The family consisted of an adult couple and two offspring (a male and a female). The porcupettes, born in Japan, showed severe hair loss while the parent animals, imported from the USA. (male) and Canada (female), showed mild symptoms or were asymptomatic. Morphologically identical Tricophyton spp. isolates were recovered within seven days from quills of all animals on chloramphenicol-supplemented potato dextrose agar plates incubated at 37 degrees C. Two representative colonies from each animal were identified as Arthroderma benhamiae Americano-European race based on mating type (+) and the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) 1-5.5S-ITS 2 region of the rRNA gene sequences (AB236404-AB236408). The present cases constituted the second isolation of dermatophytes from porcupines. There were two different ITS types, i.e., the predominant one isolated from all animals and a secondary one recovered from only the mother porcupine. The sequences have never been recorded in Japan or in the GenBank database to the best of our knowledge. In addition, they were located at a cluster involving the type strain and mating strains of A. benhamiae Americano-European race and its F1 progeny. In contrast, 28 rodents (eight species) and three insectivora (1 species) exhibited in the petting zoo were negative for any dermatophytes as determined by culture.
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| Volume |
46(5)
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| Pages |
465-73
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| Published |
2008-8-1
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| DOI |
10.1080/13693780801938996
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| PII |
791304286
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| PMID |
18608939
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| MeSH |
Animals
Animals, Zoo / microbiology*
Arthrodermataceae / isolation & purification*
Cluster Analysis
Culture Media / chemistry
DNA, Fungal / chemistry
DNA, Fungal / genetics
DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / chemistry
DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / genetics
Dermatomycoses / microbiology
Dermatomycoses / transmission
Dermatomycoses / veterinary*
Female
Japan
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Phylogeny
Porcupines / microbiology*
Rodent Diseases / microbiology
Rodent Diseases / transmission*
Sequence Analysis, DNA
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| IF |
2.822
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| Times Cited |
7
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WOS Category
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VETERINARY SCIENCES
MYCOLOGY
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
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| Resource |
| Pathogenic microorganisms |
IFM 48142
IFM 48143
IFM 54326
IFM 54328
IFM 54330
IFM 54333
IFM 54335
IFM 54336
IFM 54337
IFM 54338 |
