Evidence of infection with Leptospira interrogans and spotted fever group rickettsiae among rodents in an urban area of Osaka City, Japan
Autor: | Kanae Shiokawa, Kazutoshi Takami, Yoshimi Tsuda, Isao Kimata, Sanae Nishio, Jiro Arikawa, Rie Isozumi, Kumiko Yoshimatsu, Kenta Shimizu |
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Rok vydání: | 2017 |
Předmět: |
0301 basic medicine
General Veterinary biology 030106 microbiology Scrub typhus bacterial infections and mycoses medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Leptospirosis Virology Spotted fever 03 medical and health sciences Rickettsia medicine bacteria Leptospira interrogans Typhus Seoul virus Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus |
Zdroj: | Journal of Veterinary Medical Science. 79:1261-1263 |
ISSN: | 1347-7439 0916-7250 |
Popis: | We examined 33 rodents captured in an urban area of Osaka City, Japan for IgG antibodies against Seoul virus, severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus, hepatitis E virus, Leptospira interrogans, Yersinia pestis, spotted fever, typhus and scrub typhus group rickettsiae. We found that 3 (9.1%) and 1 (3.0%) of the 33 rodents had antibodies against L. interrogans and spotted fever group rickettsiae, respectively. DNAs of leptospires were detected from 2 of the 3 seropositive rodents, but DNA of rickettsia was not detected. Phylogenetic analysis and multiple locus sequence typing revealed that the 2 leptospires were L. interrogans belonging to a novel sequence type. There is a potential risk for acquiring rodent-borne zoonotic pathogens even in cities in developed countries. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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