Publications by authors named "Luit Moni Barkalita"
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- * A total of 235 samples, including raw meat, fish products, and milk, were tested, revealing a 7.23% contamination rate with C. difficile, consisting of both toxigenic and non-toxigenic strains.
- * Contamination was found mainly in meat and dry fish, while milk products showed no contamination; the study also noted varying toxin profiles and the highest antibiotic resistance in non-toxigenic isolates.
We investigated the prevalence, antimicrobial susceptibility, antimicrobial resistance and virulence genes of Salmonella isolates recovered from humans and different species of animals. Out of 1231 samples, 88 (7.15%) Salmonella isolates were obtained, among which 21 (23.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJapanese encephalitis virus (JEV) comes under the family Flaviviridae and genus flavivirus. Pigs act as reservoir and amplifying intermediate host for JEV. The current investigation was conducted to understand the prevalence of JEV infection in pigs in three different geographical sites in India (Odisha, Assam and Manipur).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA total of 12 isolates belonging to different serovars, , serovar Enteritidis ( = 4), serovar Weltevreden ( = 4), serovar Newport ( = 1), serovar Litchifield ( = 1), and untypeable strains ( = 2) were isolated from 332 diarrheic fecal samples collected from animals, birds, and humans. Of the two molecular typing methods applied, , repetitive element sequence-based PCR (REP-PCR) and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), PFGE could clearly differentiate the strains belonging to different serovars as well as differentiate between strains of the same serovar with respect to their source of isolation, whereas REP-PCR could not differentiate between strains of the same serovar. Thus, it can be suggested that PFGE is more useful and appropriate for molecular typing of isolates during epidemiological investigations than REP-PCR.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: The aim of the present study was to investigate the presence of Theileria in blood samples of crossbred and indigenous adult cows raised under unorganized small scale farming system in a Babesia and Anaplasma endemic geographical area from Assam, India and to see its transmission through Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus ticks.
Materials And Methods: For the present study, 57 clinical cases of cattle suspected to be of hemoparasitic infections were taken into consideration. The parasites were identified based on morphology in giemsa stained blood smear followed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR).