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17497332

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-5-14
pubmed:abstractText
Ever since Mycoplasma gallisepticum emerged among house finches in North America, it has been suggested that bird aggregations at feeders are an important cause of the epidemic of mycoplasmal conjunctivitis because diseased birds could deposit droplets of pathogen onto the feeders and thereby promote indirect transmission by fomites. In this paper we bring the first experimental evidence that such transmission (bird-to-feeder-to-bird) does actually take place. House finches infected via this route, however, developed only mild disease and recovered much more rapidly than birds infected from the same source birds but directly into the conjunctiva. While it is certainly probable that house finch aggregations at artificial feeders enhance pathogen transmission, to some degree transmission of M. gallisepticum by fomites may serve to immunize birds against developing more severe infections. Some such birds develop M. gallisepticum antibodies, providing indication of an immune response, although no direct evidence of protection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0307-9457
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
205-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Experimental evidence for transmission of Mycoplasma gallisepticum in house finches by fomites.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850, USA. aad4@cornell.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.