Presence of Leptospira spp. and absence of Bartonella spp. in urban rodents of Buenos Aires province, Argentina
Big cities of Argentina are characterized by a strong social and economic fragmentation. This context enables the presence of urban rodents in close contact to the human population, mostly in the peripheral areas of the cities. Urban rodents can harbor a large variety of zoonotic pathogens. The aim...
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ftconicet:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/198074 2024-10-20T14:11:22+00:00 Presence of Leptospira spp. and absence of Bartonella spp. in urban rodents of Buenos Aires province, Argentina Fitte, Bruno Kosoy, Michael application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11336/198074 eng eng Taylor & Francis Ltd info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1080/20477724.2021.1959793 http://hdl.handle.net/11336/198074 CONICET Digital CONICET info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/ ARGENTINA BARTONELLA LEPTOSPIRA RODENTS URBAN ECOLOGY ZOONOTIC DISEASES https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6 https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion ftconicet https://doi.org/10.1080/20477724.2021.1959793 2024-10-04T09:34:05Z Big cities of Argentina are characterized by a strong social and economic fragmentation. This context enables the presence of urban rodents in close contact to the human population, mostly in the peripheral areas of the cities. Urban rodents can harbor a large variety of zoonotic pathogens. The aim of this study was to molecularly characterize Leptospira spp. and Bartonella spp. in urban rodents from the area of Gran La Plata, Buenos Aires province, Argentina. The species of urban rodents captured and tested were Rattus norvegicus, Rattus rattus, and Mus musculus. Leptospira interrogans and L. borgpetersenii were detected in R. norvegicus and M. musculus respectively. Bartonella spp. DNA was not detected in any of the kidney samples tested. No significant differences were observed between the prevalence of bacteria and rodent and environmental variables such as host sex, presence of stream and season by Generalized Linear Model analysis. These results confirm the role of urban rodents as infection sources of Leptospira spp., suggesting the need to implement public health measures to prevent the transmission of Leptospira spp. and other zoonotic pathogens from rodents to humans. Bartonella was not detected in this set of samples. Fil: Fitte, Bruno. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores; Argentina Fil: Kosoy, Michael. No especifíca; Article in Journal/Newspaper Rattus rattus CONICET Digital (Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas) Argentina Kosoy ENVELOPE(49.521,49.521,68.828,68.828) Pathogens and Global Health 116 3 185 192 |
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Big cities of Argentina are characterized by a strong social and economic fragmentation. This context enables the presence of urban rodents in close contact to the human population, mostly in the peripheral areas of the cities. Urban rodents can harbor a large variety of zoonotic pathogens. The aim of this study was to molecularly characterize Leptospira spp. and Bartonella spp. in urban rodents from the area of Gran La Plata, Buenos Aires province, Argentina. The species of urban rodents captured and tested were Rattus norvegicus, Rattus rattus, and Mus musculus. Leptospira interrogans and L. borgpetersenii were detected in R. norvegicus and M. musculus respectively. Bartonella spp. DNA was not detected in any of the kidney samples tested. No significant differences were observed between the prevalence of bacteria and rodent and environmental variables such as host sex, presence of stream and season by Generalized Linear Model analysis. These results confirm the role of urban rodents as infection sources of Leptospira spp., suggesting the need to implement public health measures to prevent the transmission of Leptospira spp. and other zoonotic pathogens from rodents to humans. Bartonella was not detected in this set of samples. Fil: Fitte, Bruno. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - La Plata. Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Centro de Estudios Parasitológicos y de Vectores; Argentina Fil: Kosoy, Michael. No especifíca; |
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Presence of Leptospira spp. and absence of Bartonella spp. in urban rodents of Buenos Aires province, Argentina |
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Presence of Leptospira spp. and absence of Bartonella spp. in urban rodents of Buenos Aires province, Argentina |
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Presence of Leptospira spp. and absence of Bartonella spp. in urban rodents of Buenos Aires province, Argentina |
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Presence of Leptospira spp. and absence of Bartonella spp. in urban rodents of Buenos Aires province, Argentina |
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Presence of Leptospira spp. and absence of Bartonella spp. in urban rodents of Buenos Aires province, Argentina |
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presence of leptospira spp. and absence of bartonella spp. in urban rodents of buenos aires province, argentina |
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