The prevalence of rodent-borne zoonotic pathogens in the South Gobi desert region of Mongolia

The alpine ecosystems and communities of central Asia are currently undergoing large-scale ecological and socio-ecological changes likely to affect wildlife-livestock-human disease interactions and zoonosis transmission risk. However, relatively little is known about the prevalence of pathogens in t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Infection ecology & epidemiology 2023, Vol.13 (1), p.2270258-2270258
Hauptverfasser: Esson, Carol, Samelius, Gustaf, Strand, Tanja M., Lundkvist, Åke, Michaux, Johan R., Råsbäck, Therese, Wahab, Tara, Mijiddorj, Tserennadmid Nadia, Berger, Lee, Skerratt, Lee F., Low, Matthew
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Zusammenfassung:The alpine ecosystems and communities of central Asia are currently undergoing large-scale ecological and socio-ecological changes likely to affect wildlife-livestock-human disease interactions and zoonosis transmission risk. However, relatively little is known about the prevalence of pathogens in this region. Between 2012 and 2015 we screened 142 rodents in Mongolia’s Gobi desert for exposure to important zoonotic and livestock pathogens. Rodent seroprevalence to Leptospira spp. was >1/3 of tested animals, Toxoplasma gondii and Coxiella burnetii approximately 1/8 animals, and the hantaviruses being between 1/20 (Puumala-like hantavirus) and 
ISSN:2000-8686
2000-8686
DOI:10.1080/20008686.2023.2270258