Molecular Survey of Zoonotic Agents in Rodents and Other Small Mammals in Croatia (CROSBI ID 221488)
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Podaci o odgovornosti
Tadin, Ante ; Tokarz, Rafal ; Markotić, Alemka ; Margaletić, Josip ; Turk, Nenad ; Habuš, Josipa ; Svoboda, Petra ; Vucelja, Marko ; Desai, Aaloki ; Jain, Komal ; Lipkin, W. Ian
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Molecular Survey of Zoonotic Agents in Rodents and Other Small Mammals in Croatia
Croatia is a focus for many rodent-borne zoonosis. Here, we report a survey of 242 rodents and small mammals, including 43 Myodes glareolus, 131 Apodemus flavicollis, 53 Apodemus agrarius, three Apodemus sylvaticus, six Sorex araneus, four Microtus arvalis, one Microtus agrestis, and one Muscardinus avellanarius, collected at eight sites in Croatia over an 8-year period. Multiplex MassTag polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used for detection of Borrelia, Rickettsia, Bartonella, Babesia, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, Francisella tularensis, and Coxiella burnetii. Individual PCR assays were used for detection of Leptospira, lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus, orthopoxviruses, flaviviruses, hantaviruses, and Toxoplasma gondii. Of the rodents, 52 (21.5%) were infected with Leptospira, 9 (3.7%) with Borrelia miyamotoi, 5 (2%) with Borrelia afzelii, 29 (12.0%) with Bartonella, 8 (3.3%) with Babesia microti, 2 (0.8%) with Ehrlichia, 4 (1.7%) with Anaplasma, 2 (0.8%) with F. tularensis, 43 (17.8%) with hantaviruses, and 1 (0.4%) with an orthopoxvirus. Other agents were not detected. Multiple infections were found in 32 rodents (13.2%): dual infections in 26 rodents (10.7%), triple infections in four rodents (2.9%), and quadruple infections in two rodents (0.8%). Our findings indicate that rodents in Croatia harbor a wide range of bacteria and viruses that are pathogenic to humans.
Leptospira; Borrelia miyamotoi; Borrelia afzelii; Bartonella; Babesia microti; Ehrlichia; Anaplasma; F. tularensis; hantavirus; orthopoxvirus
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Podaci o izdanju
94 (2)
2015.
466-473
objavljeno
0002-9637
10.4269/ajtmh.15-0517
Povezanost rada
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita, Veterinarska medicina, Biologija