Broad Range Screening of Vector-Borne Pathogens in Arctic Foxes (Vulpes lagopus) in Iceland
The arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) is the only native terrestrial mammal in Iceland. While red foxes (V. vulpes) are known to be epidemiologically important carriers of several vector-borne pathogens in Europe, arctic foxes have never been evaluated in a similar context on this continent. This has beco...
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ftleibnizopen:oai:oai.leibnizopen.de:KuMksIYBdbrxVwz60tXa 2023-05-15T14:31:07+02:00 Broad Range Screening of Vector-Borne Pathogens in Arctic Foxes (Vulpes lagopus) in Iceland Hornok, Sándor Mühldorfer, Kristin Takács, Nóra Hofmann-Lehmann, Regina Meli, Marina L. Gyuranecz, Miklós Unnsteinsdóttir, Ester Rut Greenwood, Alex Czirják, Gábor Árpád 2020 https://repository.publisso.de/resource/frl:6426670 https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10112031 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7694187/ https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/11/2031#supplementary eng eng https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY Animals, 10(11):2031 arctic fox climate change Iceland vector-borne bacteria vector-borne protozoan parasites 2020 ftleibnizopen https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10112031 2023-03-06T00:10:49Z The arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) is the only native terrestrial mammal in Iceland. While red foxes (V. vulpes) are known to be epidemiologically important carriers of several vector-borne pathogens in Europe, arctic foxes have never been evaluated in a similar context on this continent. This has become especially relevant in the last decade, considering the establishing populations of the tick species Ixodes ricinus in Iceland. In this study, liver DNA extracts of 60 arctic foxes, hunted between 2011-2012, were molecularly screened for vector-borne protozoan parasites (Trypanosomatidae, Babesia, Theileria, Hepatozoon) and bacteria (Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, Rickettsia, Borrelia, hemotropic Mycoplasma). One sample was real-time qPCR positive for Anaplasma phagocytophilum, though this positivity could not be confirmed with sequencing. Samples were negative for all other tested vector-borne pathogens. Results of this study indicate that, except for A. phagocytophilum, Icelandic arctic foxes were apparently "not yet infected" with vector-borne pathogens in 2011-2012, or their infections were "below the detection limit" of applied methods. Taking into account the broad range of target microorganisms analyzed here, as well as the warming climate and increasing presence of the vector I. ricinus in Iceland, our results will be very useful as baseline data for comparison in future monitoring of the emergence of ticks and tick-borne diseases in this country. Other/Unknown Material Arctic Fox Arctic Climate change Iceland Vulpes lagopus LeibnizOpen (The Leibniz Association) Arctic Animals 10 11 2031 |
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The arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus) is the only native terrestrial mammal in Iceland. While red foxes (V. vulpes) are known to be epidemiologically important carriers of several vector-borne pathogens in Europe, arctic foxes have never been evaluated in a similar context on this continent. This has become especially relevant in the last decade, considering the establishing populations of the tick species Ixodes ricinus in Iceland. In this study, liver DNA extracts of 60 arctic foxes, hunted between 2011-2012, were molecularly screened for vector-borne protozoan parasites (Trypanosomatidae, Babesia, Theileria, Hepatozoon) and bacteria (Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, Rickettsia, Borrelia, hemotropic Mycoplasma). One sample was real-time qPCR positive for Anaplasma phagocytophilum, though this positivity could not be confirmed with sequencing. Samples were negative for all other tested vector-borne pathogens. Results of this study indicate that, except for A. phagocytophilum, Icelandic arctic foxes were apparently "not yet infected" with vector-borne pathogens in 2011-2012, or their infections were "below the detection limit" of applied methods. Taking into account the broad range of target microorganisms analyzed here, as well as the warming climate and increasing presence of the vector I. ricinus in Iceland, our results will be very useful as baseline data for comparison in future monitoring of the emergence of ticks and tick-borne diseases in this country. |
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Hornok, Sándor Mühldorfer, Kristin Takács, Nóra Hofmann-Lehmann, Regina Meli, Marina L. Gyuranecz, Miklós Unnsteinsdóttir, Ester Rut Greenwood, Alex Czirják, Gábor Árpád |
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Hornok, Sándor Mühldorfer, Kristin Takács, Nóra Hofmann-Lehmann, Regina Meli, Marina L. Gyuranecz, Miklós Unnsteinsdóttir, Ester Rut Greenwood, Alex Czirják, Gábor Árpád |
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Broad Range Screening of Vector-Borne Pathogens in Arctic Foxes (Vulpes lagopus) in Iceland |
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Broad Range Screening of Vector-Borne Pathogens in Arctic Foxes (Vulpes lagopus) in Iceland |
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Broad Range Screening of Vector-Borne Pathogens in Arctic Foxes (Vulpes lagopus) in Iceland |
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Broad Range Screening of Vector-Borne Pathogens in Arctic Foxes (Vulpes lagopus) in Iceland |
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Broad Range Screening of Vector-Borne Pathogens in Arctic Foxes (Vulpes lagopus) in Iceland |
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broad range screening of vector-borne pathogens in arctic foxes (vulpes lagopus) in iceland |
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