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• TITLE: Molecular Identification of Shiga-Toxin Producing and Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (STEC and EPEC) in Diarrheic and Healthy Young Alpacas

  AUTHORS: Lorena Mori, Rosa Perales, Jorge Rodríguez, Carlos Shiva, Ysabel Koga, Geraldine Choquehuanca, Cesar Palacios

  KEYWORDS: Shiga Toxin Producing Escherichia coli, Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, Diarrhea, Young Alpacas

  JOURNAL NAME: Advances in Microbiology, Vol.4 No.7, May 26, 2014

  ABSTRACT: Isolation and biochemical and molecular identification of 303 strains of Escherichia coli obtained from diarrheic and healthy young alpacas of Puno-Peru, were realized. PCR amplification for 7 virulence factor genes associated with STEC, STEC O157:H7, EPEC: sxt1, sxt2, rfbO157, fliCH7, hlyA, eae y bfp were determined. A total of 39 strains (12.88%) showed amplification for one or more of these genes. Twenty three strains (59%) were classified as STEC and 16 strains (41%) as EPEC. An 88.18% (34/39) of STEC and EPEC strains were obtained from healthy alpacas and only 11.82% (5/39) from diarrheic alpacas considering this specie as potential zoonotic reservoir of STEC and EPEC.