Wild raccoons (Procyon lotor) as a potential reservoir of cytolethal distending toxin-producing Providencia strains in Japan

ABSTRACT In view of increasing reports of infections due to virulent Providencia species including cytolethal distending toxin (cdt) gene-positive strains, it is important to identify the reservoirs and transmission routes of such pathogenic strains. Raccoons considered to be a source of zoonotic pa...

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Main Authors: Okechukwu John Obi, Atsushi Hinenoya, Sharda Prasad Awasthi, Noritoshi Hatanaka, Shah M. Faruque, Shinji Yamasaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2025-04-01
Series:Microbiology Spectrum
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/spectrum.02616-24
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