A survey of rodent-borne pathogens carried by wild Rattus spp. in Northern Vietnam
| Autor: | Shumpei P. Yasuda, Kumiko Yoshimatsu, Futoshi Hasebe, Jiro Arikawa, N. T. Hoa, Takaaki Koma, Takako Amada, Kenta Shimizu, V. Nguyen, Rie Isozumi, Tian-Cheng Li, Tetsu Yamashiro, L. T. Q. Mai |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Rodent Epidemiology viruses Molecular Sequence Data medicine.disease_cause Antibodies Viral Rodent Diseases Hepatitis E virus Seroepidemiologic Studies biology.animal Zoonoses medicine Animals Cluster Analysis Phylogeny Hantavirus Seoul virus biology Transmission (medicine) virus diseases Genetic Variation Sequence Analysis DNA medicine.disease Hepatitis E biology.organism_classification Leptospirosis Virology Antibodies Bacterial Original Papers eye diseases Rats Infectious Diseases Vietnam RNA Viral Female Leptospira interrogans |
| Zdroj: | Epidemiol Infect |
| ISSN: | 1469-4409 |
| Popis: | SUMMARYTo examine the prevalence of human pathogens carried by rats in urban areas in Hanoi and Hai Phong, Vietnam, we live-trapped 100 rats in January 2011 and screened them for a panel of bacteria and viruses. Antibodies againstLeptospira interrogans(22·0%), Seoul virus (14·0%) and rat hepatitis E virus (23·0%) were detected in rats, but antibodies againstYersinia pestiswere not detected. Antibodies againstL. interrogansand Seoul virus were found only in adult rats. In contrast, antibodies to rat hepatitis E virus were also found in juvenile and sub-adult rats, indicating that the transmission mode of rat hepatitis E virus is different from that ofL. interrogansand Seoul virus. Moreover, phylogenetic analyses of the S and M segments of Seoul viruses found inRattus norvegicusshowed that Seoul viruses from Hai Phong and Hanoi formed different clades. Human exposure to these pathogens has become a significant public health concern. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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