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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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:9090354 2023-05-15T18:05:21+02:00 Presence of Leptospira spp. and absence of Bartonella spp. in urban rodents of Buenos Aires province, Argentina Fitte, Bruno Kosoy, Michael 2021-08-02 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9090354/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34338622 https://doi.org/10.1080/20477724.2021.1959793 en eng Taylor & Francis http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9090354/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34338622 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20477724.2021.1959793 © 2021 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group Pathog Glob Health Research Article Text 2021 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1080/20477724.2021.1959793 2022-08-07T00:40:05Z 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. Text Rattus rattus PubMed Central (PMC) Argentina 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. |
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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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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9090354/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34338622 https://doi.org/10.1080/20477724.2021.1959793 |
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