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: Seidlova, Veronika, Straková, Petra, Kejíková, Romana, Nemcova, Monika, Bartonička, Tomáš, Salát, Jiří, Dufková, Lucie, Šikutová, Silvie, Mendel, Jan, McKee, Clifton, Zukal, Jan, Pikula, Jiri, Rudolf, Ivo
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2022
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Nyctalus noctula
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9518262/
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36039905
https://doi.org/10.1080/22221751.2022.2117095
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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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