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A comparison of aerosol and intragastric routes of infection with Listeria spp

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

P. Bracegirdle ,
A. A. West ,
M. S. Lever ,
R. B. Fitzgeorge  and
A. Baskerville
P. Bracegirdle
Affiliation:
Division of Pathology, Public Health Laboratory Service, Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 OJG
A. A. West
Affiliation:
Division of Pathology, Public Health Laboratory Service, Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 OJG
M. S. Lever
Affiliation:
Division of Pathology, Public Health Laboratory Service, Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 OJG
R. B. Fitzgeorge
Affiliation:
Division of Pathology, Public Health Laboratory Service, Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 OJG
A. Baskerville
Affiliation:
Division of Pathology, Public Health Laboratory Service, Centre for Applied Microbiology and Research, Porton Down, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP4 OJG
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Aerosol infection (AI) of Porton outbreak mice with Listeria species, exhibiting varying degrees of virulence, was compared with gastric intubation (GI) on the basis of numbers of deaths. 50% lethal dose (LD50) and pattern of listerial infection. The AI route appeared to be more sensitive, efficient and consistent than GI in that it required 105 fewer micro-organisms to obtain infection and death then ensued within 4 days, with GI deaths usually occurring on day 7. All the virulent strains tested caused 100% mortality by AI, while virulent and avirulent strains were indistinguishable by GI. Bacterial counts in the livers and spleens of infected mice were consistent with the relative virulence of the infectious agent using AI but not in GI mice. There were higher numbers of micro-organisms and more widespread lesions in the organs of AI mice than in GI. Results indicate that AI is an accurate in vivo indicator of virulence in listeria and using AI, bacterial counts in the liver and spleen could replace LD50 tests, thereby reducing the number of animals required for in vivo virulence testing.

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Research Article
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Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 112 , Issue 1 , February 1994 , pp. 69 - 79
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1994

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