Zoonotic Transmission of mcr-1 Colistin Resistance Gene from Small-Scale Poultry Farms, Vietnam

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Authors
  • N.V. Trung
  • S. Matamoros
  • J.J. Carrique-Mas
  • N.H. Nghia
  • N.T. Nhung
  • T.T.B. Chieu
  • H.H. Mai
  • W. Van Rooijen
  • J. Campbell
  • J.A. Wagenaar
  • A. Hardon
  • N.T.N. Mai
  • T.Q. Hieu
  • G. Thwaites
  • M.D. de Jong
  • C. Schultsz
  • N.T. Hoa
Publication date 03-2017
Journal Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume | Issue number 23 | 3
Pages (from-to) 529-532
Organisations
  • Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG) - Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
Abstract We investigated the consequences of colistin use in backyard chicken farms in Vietnam by examining the prevalence of mcr-1 in fecal samples from chickens and humans. Detection of mcr-1–carrying bacteria in chicken samples was associated with colistin use and detection in human samples with exposure to mcr-1–positive chickens.
Document type Article
Note With technical appendices.
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2303.161553
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