Zoonotic Babesia microti infection in wild rodents in Erzurum province, northeastern Turkey.

Autor: Guven E; Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey., Akyuz M; Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey., Kirman R; Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey., Balkaya I; Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey., Avcioglu H; Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Turkey.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Zoonoses and public health [Zoonoses Public Health] 2022 Nov; Vol. 69 (7), pp. 875-883. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jun 21.
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12983
Abstrakt: Wild rodents are natural reservoir hosts of various pathogens, including Babesia microti. This study investigated the presence of B. microti in rodents from Erzurum province in Turkey. A total of 498 rodents and 21 rodent-fed ticks were analysed using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique to test for the presence of B. microti. Babesia spp. were detected in three (0.6%) of the 498 rodent spleen samples. The Babesia-positive rodent species were identified as Microtus socialis by means of molecular analysis. The rodent-fed ticks comprised 15 Ixodes laguri and 6 Rhipicephalus sanguineus, none of which tested positive for Babesia spp. A sequence analysis of the 18S PCR amplicons confirmed the three Babesia-positive samples to be B. microti. The Erzurum isolates were 100% identical to the zoonotic Jena strain. The results of this study indicate the existence of zoonotic B. microti strains that may constitute a potential public health risk in Erzurum province. Future studies should determine the tick vector and other reservoir rodent species of B. microti in Erzurum.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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