Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
. 2006 Feb;12(2):263-7.
doi: 10.3201/eid1202.050847.

Helicobacter pullorum in chickens, Belgium

Liesbeth M Ceelen  1 , Annemie Decostere, Kathleen Van den Bulck, Stephen L W On, Margo Baele, Richard Ducatelle, Freddy Haesebrouck
Affiliations

Helicobacter pullorum in chickens, Belgium

Liesbeth M Ceelen et al. Emerg Infect Dis. 2006 Feb.

Abstract

A total of 110 broilers from 11 flocks were tested for Helicobacter pullorum by polymerase chain reaction; positive samples were reexamined with a conventional isolation method. H. pullorum isolates were examined by amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) fingerprinting for interstrain genetic diversity and relatedness. Sixteen isolates from cecal samples from 2 different flocks were obtained. AFLP analysis showed that these isolates and 4 additional isolates from a different flock clustered according to their origin, which indicates that H. pullorum colonization may occur with a single strain that disseminates throughout the flock. Strains isolated from different hosts or geographic sources displayed a distinctive pattern. H. pullorum is present in approximately one third of live chickens in Belgium and may represent a risk to human health.

PubMed Disclaimer

Figures

Figure
Figure
Chicken isolates and human strains of Helicobacter pullorum by amplified fragment length polymorphism.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

References

    1. Stanley J, Linton D, Burnens AP, Dewhirst FE, On SLW, Porter A, et al. Helicobacter pullorum sp. nov.-genotype and phenotype of a new species isolated from poultry and from human patients with gastroenteritis. Microbiol. 1994;140:3441–9. 10.1099/13500872-140-12-3441 - DOI - PubMed
    1. Burnens AP, Stanley J, Morgenstern R, Nicolet J. Gastroenteritis associated with Helicobacter pullorum. Lancet. 1994;344:1569–70. 10.1016/S0140-6736(94)90376-X - DOI - PubMed
    1. On SLW, Holmes B, Sackin MJ. A probability matrix for the identification of campylobacters, helicobacters and allied taxa. J Appl Bacteriol. 1996;81:425–32. - PubMed
    1. Atabay HI, Corry JEL, On SLW. Identification of unusual Campylobacter-like isolates from poultry products as Helicobacter pullorum. J Appl Microbiol. 1998;84:1017–24. 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1998.00438.x - DOI - PubMed
    1. Fox JG. The expanding genus of Helicobacter: pathogenic and zoonotic potential. Semin Gastrointest Dis. 1997;8:124–41. - PubMed

Publication types

MeSH terms

LinkOut - more resources