Trypanosomes in Eastern and Central European bats

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/68081766:_____/20:00523877 RIV/00216224:14310/20:00117066 RIV/00216208:11310/20:10411517 RIV/62157124:16270/20:43878824

Result on the web

<a href="https://actavet.vfu.cz/media/pdf/actavet_2020089010069.pdf" target="_blank" >https://actavet.vfu.cz/media/pdf/actavet_2020089010069.pdf</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2754/avb202089010069" target="_blank" >10.2754/avb202089010069</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Trypanosomes in Eastern and Central European bats

Original language description

Bats are presumed primary hosts of trypanosomes of the subgenus Schizotrypanum, including the human pathogen Trypanosoma cruzi. As such, research on bat trypanosomes has been focused on South America, where Chagas disease is a serious issue. While the majority of European studies have been performed in the United Kingdom, there is virtually no data available for Eastern and Central parts of Europe. To address this, the present study aims to identify and assess the prevalence and pathogenicity of trypanosomes in bats sampled in the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, and Poland. Blood collected from 381 adult bats of eight species was tested for presence of trypanosomes using nested polymerase chain reactions. To assess possible impacts of trypanosome parasites on the health status of their hosts, haematological and biochemical analyses were performed for 56 greater mouse-eared bats (Myotis myotis) emerging from hibernacula and 36 females of the same species from summer colonies. The overall prevalence of the two trypanosome species detected (T. dionisii and T. vespertilionis) was 27%, with a significantly higher prevalence in the Czech Republic compared to the other countries studied. Significant differences in bat trypanosome prevalence in different European countries appear to be connected with presence or absence of possible vectors in summer roosts. No impact of trypanosomes on haematology and blood chemistry parameters was detected in Trypanosoma-positive greater mouse-eared bats. Though T. dionisii infection in bats appears asymptomatic, long-term health consequences still need to be studied in greater detail.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40301 - Veterinary science

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA17-20286S" target="_blank" >GA17-20286S: Physiology of bat hibernation with respect to multistressor impacts</a><br>

Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Acta veterinaria Brno

ISSN

0001-7213

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

89

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

69-78

UT code for WoS article

000529064300009

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85085965434