The prevalence of pathogenic forms of Leptospira in natural populations of small wild mammals in Serbia
The greatest epidemiological significance of leptospirosis in Europe comes from the fact that it is the most widespread zoonosis in the world. However, epizootiological data, especially information on maintenance hosts such as small wild mammals, are largely missing. To fill this gap in data in Serb...
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ftmtak:oai:real.mtak.hu:105545 2023-05-15T17:12:35+02:00 The prevalence of pathogenic forms of Leptospira in natural populations of small wild mammals in Serbia Blagojević, Jelena Šekler, Milanko Rajičić, Marija Pejić, Branka Budinski, Ivana Jovanović, Vladimir M. Adnađević, Tanja Vidanović, Dejan Matović, Kazimir Vujošević, Mladen 2019 text http://real.mtak.hu/105545/ http://real.mtak.hu/105545/1/004.2019.035.pdf https://doi.org/10.1556/004.2019.035 hu hun Akadémiai Kiadó http://real.mtak.hu/105545/1/004.2019.035.pdf Blagojević, Jelena and Šekler, Milanko and Rajičić, Marija and Pejić, Branka and Budinski, Ivana and Jovanović, Vladimir M. and Adnađević, Tanja and Vidanović, Dejan and Matović, Kazimir and Vujošević, Mladen (2019) The prevalence of pathogenic forms of Leptospira in natural populations of small wild mammals in Serbia. Acta Veterinaria Hungarica, 67 (3). pp. 338-346. ISSN 0236-6290 (print); 1588-2705 (online) info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess SV Veterinary science / állatorvostudomány Article PeerReviewed info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2019 ftmtak https://doi.org/10.1556/004.2019.035 2020-01-30T00:04:58Z The greatest epidemiological significance of leptospirosis in Europe comes from the fact that it is the most widespread zoonosis in the world. However, epizootiological data, especially information on maintenance hosts such as small wild mammals, are largely missing. To fill this gap in data in Serbia, we used RT-PCR for the detection of pathogenic Leptospira species and analysed 107 animals belonging to six species of small wild mammals (Apodemus agrarius, Apodemus flavicollis, Microtus arvalis, Myodes glareolus, Microtus subterraneus and Sorex araneus) collected from two localities. The animals from the first locality that was situated in a tourist area, were collected for four consecutive years (2014–2017). We found persistent incidence of infection from year to year ranging from 6.67% to 78.57%. The average frequency of infected animals was 33.3% with the highest frequency in 2014, the year characterised by a very high number of flooding days. All animals proved to be infected with pathogenic Leptospira species that were collected from the second locality situated in an agricultural area in a single year, 2014. The findings show a variable but constant presence of pathogenic Leptospira species in populations of small wild mammals in the studied areas, which indicates the need for constant monitoring. Article in Journal/Newspaper Microtus arvalis MTAK: REAL (Library and Information Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences Acta Veterinaria Hungarica 67 3 338 346 |
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SV Veterinary science / állatorvostudomány Blagojević, Jelena Šekler, Milanko Rajičić, Marija Pejić, Branka Budinski, Ivana Jovanović, Vladimir M. Adnađević, Tanja Vidanović, Dejan Matović, Kazimir Vujošević, Mladen The prevalence of pathogenic forms of Leptospira in natural populations of small wild mammals in Serbia |
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The greatest epidemiological significance of leptospirosis in Europe comes from the fact that it is the most widespread zoonosis in the world. However, epizootiological data, especially information on maintenance hosts such as small wild mammals, are largely missing. To fill this gap in data in Serbia, we used RT-PCR for the detection of pathogenic Leptospira species and analysed 107 animals belonging to six species of small wild mammals (Apodemus agrarius, Apodemus flavicollis, Microtus arvalis, Myodes glareolus, Microtus subterraneus and Sorex araneus) collected from two localities. The animals from the first locality that was situated in a tourist area, were collected for four consecutive years (2014–2017). We found persistent incidence of infection from year to year ranging from 6.67% to 78.57%. The average frequency of infected animals was 33.3% with the highest frequency in 2014, the year characterised by a very high number of flooding days. All animals proved to be infected with pathogenic Leptospira species that were collected from the second locality situated in an agricultural area in a single year, 2014. The findings show a variable but constant presence of pathogenic Leptospira species in populations of small wild mammals in the studied areas, which indicates the need for constant monitoring. |
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Blagojević, Jelena Šekler, Milanko Rajičić, Marija Pejić, Branka Budinski, Ivana Jovanović, Vladimir M. Adnađević, Tanja Vidanović, Dejan Matović, Kazimir Vujošević, Mladen |
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Blagojević, Jelena Šekler, Milanko Rajičić, Marija Pejić, Branka Budinski, Ivana Jovanović, Vladimir M. Adnađević, Tanja Vidanović, Dejan Matović, Kazimir Vujošević, Mladen |
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The prevalence of pathogenic forms of Leptospira in natural populations of small wild mammals in Serbia |
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The prevalence of pathogenic forms of Leptospira in natural populations of small wild mammals in Serbia |
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The prevalence of pathogenic forms of Leptospira in natural populations of small wild mammals in Serbia |
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The prevalence of pathogenic forms of Leptospira in natural populations of small wild mammals in Serbia |
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The prevalence of pathogenic forms of Leptospira in natural populations of small wild mammals in Serbia |
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prevalence of pathogenic forms of leptospira in natural populations of small wild mammals in serbia |
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http://real.mtak.hu/105545/1/004.2019.035.pdf Blagojević, Jelena and Šekler, Milanko and Rajičić, Marija and Pejić, Branka and Budinski, Ivana and Jovanović, Vladimir M. and Adnađević, Tanja and Vidanović, Dejan and Matović, Kazimir and Vujošević, Mladen (2019) The prevalence of pathogenic forms of Leptospira in natural populations of small wild mammals in Serbia. Acta Veterinaria Hungarica, 67 (3). pp. 338-346. ISSN 0236-6290 (print); 1588-2705 (online) |
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