Publications by authors named "John Jeeba"
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- The study focused on isolating and analyzing 30 ExPEC strains from sick camel calves that died from septicemia, highlighting their ability to cause systemic infections.
- Six of the strains exhibited a hypermucoviscous phenotype, and several were found to be multidrug resistant, including resistance to colistin, which is a last-resort antibiotic.
- The research also revealed that some strains have mixed virulence traits linked to intestinal pathotypes, indicating a genetic diversity that could enhance their resistance and pathogenic capabilities, suggesting potential risks for both animal health and zoonotic transmission to humans.
The accurate identification of Taylorella equigenitalis strains is essential to improve worldwide prevention and control strategies for contagious equine metritis (CEM). This study compared 367 worldwide equine strains using multilocus sequence typing according to the geographical origin, isolation year and equine breed. The strains were divided into 49 sequence types (STs), including 10 described for the first time.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSix horses were challenged experimentally with a strain of Burkholderia pseudomallei isolated from a fatal case of the infection in a dromedary camel years earlier in the Emirate of Dubai. Three horses were inoculated subcutaneously and in 3 the bacterium was administered by the oral route. Four of the horses became serologically positive based on reactions to one or more of the OIE described tests for glanders.
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