Molecular survey on zoonotic tick-borne bacteria and chlamydiae in feral pigeons ( Columba livia domestica )
| Autor: | Fabrizio Bertelloni, Valentina Virginia Ebani, Paolo Mani |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Bartonella Veterinary medicine 030106 microbiology Chlamydiae Microbiology law.invention 03 medical and health sciences law parasitic diseases Borrelia burgdorferi Polymerase chain reaction Medicine(all) Chlamydophila biology Pigeon (Columba livia domestica) Pigeon (Columba livia domestica) Tick-borne bacteria Chlamydophila psittaci PCR Tick-borne bacteria General Medicine bacterial infections and mycoses biology.organism_classification Coxiella burnetii Anaplasma phagocytophilum PCR 030104 developmental biology Rickettsia Chlamydophila psittaci bacteria |
| Zdroj: | Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine. 9:324-327 |
| ISSN: | 1995-7645 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.apjtm.2016.03.005 |
| Popis: | Objective To determine the presence of zoonotic tick-borne bacteria in feral pigeons (Columba livia domestica) from urban areas. Methods Spleen samples from 84 feral pigeons, found dead with traumatic injuries in urban areas, were examined by PCR to detect DNA of Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Bartonella spp., Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, Coxiella burnetii, Rickettsia spp., and Chlamydophila spp. Results Twenty (23.8%) pigeons were infected by tick-borne agents, in particular 2 (2.38%) animals resulted positive for Bartonella spp., 5 (5.95%) for C. burnetii, 5 (5.95%) for Rickettsia spp., 13 (15.47%) for B. burgdorferi sensu lato. All birds scored negative for A. phagocytophilum. Moreover, 17 (20.23%) pigeons were positive for Chlamydophila spp. and among them 10 (11.9%) for Chlamydophila psittaci. Mixed infections by two or three agents were detected in 8 (9.52%) animals. Conclusions Feral pigeons living in urban and periurban areas are a hazard for the human health as source of several pathogens. The obtained results confirm pigeons as reservoirs of chlamydial agents and suggest that they may be involved in the epidemiology of zoonotic tick-borne infections too. |
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