Raccoons carrying pathogenic Providencia strains (IMAGE)

Osaka Metropolitan University

Raccoons carrying pathogenic Providencia strains

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Wild raccoons considered to be a source of zoonotic pathogens were monitored for the presence of Providencia species in Japan and analyzed for cytolethal distending toxin (cdt) genes.

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Osaka Metropolitan University

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