Detection of Leptospira species in bat cadavers, Czech and Slovak Republics

Detection of Leptospira species in bat cadavers, Czech and Slovak Republics

Kidney samples from 300 bat cadavers from the Czech and Slovak Republics were tested for Leptospira DNA using PCR and sequencing of three genes (lipL32, flab, and 16S ribosomal RNA). Overall detection rate was 4.7% and two bat species (Myotis myotis and Nyctalus noctula) were PCR-positive for at lea...

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Veröffentlicht in:Emerging microbes & infections 2022-12, Vol.11 (1), p.2211-2213
Hauptverfasser: Seidlova, Veronika, Straková, Petra, Kejíková, Romana, Nemcova, Monika, Bartonička, Tomáš, Salát, Jiří, Dufková, Lucie, Šikutová, Silvie, Mendel, Jan, McKee, Clifton, Zukal, Jan, Pikula, Jiri, Rudolf, Ivo
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Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Bats
Central Europe
emerging zoonoses
Leptospira
Letter
Myotis
Nyctalus
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Zusammenfassung:Kidney samples from 300 bat cadavers from the Czech and Slovak Republics were tested for Leptospira DNA using PCR and sequencing of three genes (lipL32, flab, and 16S ribosomal RNA). Overall detection rate was 4.7% and two bat species (Myotis myotis and Nyctalus noctula) were PCR-positive for at least one gene. Detected Leptospira sequences were similar to L. interrogans and L. borgpetersenii, and included a potentially novel species related to L. weilii.
ISSN:2222-1751
2222-1751
DOI:10.1080/22221751.2022.2117095