Host Biology and Anthropogenic Factors Affect Hepadnavirus Infection in a Neotropical Bat
| Autor: | Rachel A. Page, Marco Tschapka, Stefan Dominik Brändel, Veronika M. Cottontail, Lara Maria Jeworowski, Andrea Rasche, Alexander König, Thomas Hiller, Dieter Glebe, Jan Felix Drexler, M. Teague O'Mara |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Hepatitis B virus Panama 040301 veterinary sciences Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis 030231 tropical medicine Zoology Hepadnaviridae medicine.disease_cause 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Species Specificity Orthohepadnavirus Chiroptera medicine Animals Uroderma bilobatum Ecosystem Biotic component Ecology biology Bat Habitat loss TBHBV Original Contribution 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Hepadnaviridae Infections biology.organism_classification Habitat destruction Animal ecology Hepadnavirus Female |
| Zdroj: | Ecohealth |
| ISSN: | 1612-9210 1612-9202 |
| Popis: | The tent-making bat hepatitis B virus (TBHBV) is a hepadnavirus closely related to human hepatitis B virus. The ecology of TBHBV is unclear. We show that it is widespread and highly diversified in Peters’ tent-making bats (Uroderma bilobatum) within Panama, while local prevalence varied significantly between sample sites, ranging from 0 to 14.3%. Females showed significantly higher prevalence than males, and pregnant females were more often acutely infected than non-reproductive ones. The distribution of TBHBV in bats was significantly affected by forest cover, with higher infection rates in areas with lower forest cover. Our data indicate that loss of natural habitat may lead to positive feedback on the biotic factors driving infection possibility. These results underline the necessity of multidisciplinary studies for a better understanding of mechanisms in pathogen–host relationships and for predictions in disease ecology. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s10393-018-1387-5) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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