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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Published in:Emerging Microbes & Infections
Main Authors: Veronika Seidlova, Petra Straková, Romana Kejíková, Monika Nemcova, Tomáš Bartonička, Jiří Salát, Lucie Dufková, Silvie Šikutová, Jan Mendel, Clifton McKee, Jan Zukal, Jiri Pikula, Ivo Rudolf
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2022
Subjects:
Bats
Central Europe
emerging zoonoses
Leptospira
Myotis
Nyctalus
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Microbiology
QR1-502
Nyctalus noctula
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2022.2117095
https://doaj.org/article/f245d4114dc04711870040e90169ab0f
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Summary: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.

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