Bats are a potential reservoir of pathogenic Leptospira species in Colombia.
| Autor: | Mateus J; Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia. jose.mateus@javeriana.edu.co., Gómez N; Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia. nataliago004@gmail.com., Herrera-Sepúlveda MT; Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia. m.herreras@javeriana.edu.co., Hidalgo M; Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia. hidalgo.m@javeriana.edu.co., Pérez-Torres J; Unidad de Ecología y Sistemática (UNESIS). Laboratorio de Ecología Funciona, Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia. jaiperez@javeriana.edu.co., Cuervo C; Facultad de Ciencias, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia. claudia.cuervo@javeriana.edu.co. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of infection in developing countries [J Infect Dev Ctries] 2019 Apr 30; Vol. 13 (4), pp. 278-283. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Apr 30. |
| DOI: | 10.3855/jidc.10642 |
| Abstrakt: | Introduction: Bats have become an epidemiologically significant source of pathogenic microorganisms, such as leptospires, the causative agents of leptospirosis. However, little information exists about bats and their potential role as a reservoir of pathogenic Leptospira spp. in Colombia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of pathogenic Leptospira spp. in the kidneys of bats from the Caribbean region of Colombia deposited in the collection of mammals of the Museo Javeriano de Historia Natural (MPUJ-MAMM). Methodology: DNA was extracted from twenty-six kidney samples from a total of 13 species of bats captured in Colombia. First, 16S ribosomal RNA conventional PCR was performed to detect the presence of Leptospira spp. Then, in samples that tested positive, LipL32 PCR was performed to detect pathogenic Leptospira spp. by sequencing and phylogenetic analysis. Results: The presence of Leptospira spp. was observed in 7/26 (26.9%) bats from the following 6 species: Carollia perspicillata, Glossophaga soricina, Dermanura phaeotis, Uroderma bilobatum, Desmodus rotundus, and Lophostoma silvicolum, and pathogenic Leptospira spp. were detected in 4/26 samples (15.4%). Conclusions: This study suggests that bats present in the Caribbean region of Colombia could be potential reservoirs of pathogenic Leptospira spp. Competing Interests: No Conflict of Interest is declared (Copyright (c) 2019 Jose Mateus, Natalia Gómez, María Teresa Herrera-Sepúlveda, Marylin Hidalgo, Jairo Pérez-Torres, Claudia Liliana Cuervo.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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