Clostridium Perfringens Genomic and Epidemiological Data from Juvenile Bactrian Camels

37.89% of 190 juvenile Bactrian camels were affected by Clostridium perfringens disease, with a mortality rate of 54.17%. This dataset, authored by Wanpeng Ma and last updated in May 2026, contains results from epidemiological investigations, physiological measurements, and whole-genome sequencing of eight bacterial strains. Genomic analysis identified three novel sequence types and six drug resistance genes.

Use Cases

• Comparative genomic analysis based on whole-genome sequencing data for eight C. perfringens strains.
• Modeling disease risk factors based on reported physiological parameters like body temperature and hemoglobin levels.
• Studying pathogen evolution based on the identification of three novel sequence types (ST1057, ST1058, ST1059).
• Investigating antimicrobial resistance based on the six annotated drug resistance genes (e.g., vanh, cpir).

Strengths

• Dataset includes specific epidemiological figures: 37.89% incidence and 54.17% mortality rates from a study of 190 camels.
• Provides detailed genomic characteristics, including genome lengths (3.2-3.6 Mbp) and predicted coding gene counts (2,897-3,413) for eight strains.
• Annotations link data to established biological databases (Gene Ontology, KEGG, VFDB, CARD).

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small at 9.9 KB, indicating limited scope.
• Geographic origin of the camels is unspecified, which may limit generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Wanpeng Ma via figshare

Collection Method

Epidemiological investigation, bacterial isolation, physiological measurements, and whole-genome sequencing.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-29 04:51:34; freshness should be verified.