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The Role of Peridomestic Animals in the Eco-Epidemiology of Anaplasma phagocytophilum

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60077344%3A_____%2F21%3A00554279" target="_blank" >RIV/60077344:_____/21:00554279 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Alternative codes found

    RIV/62157124:16170/21:43879113 RIV/00027162:_____/21:N0000166 RIV/00216208:11140/21:10427678 RIV/62156489:43210/21:43919353 and 4 more

  • Result on the web

    <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00248-021-01704-z" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00248-021-01704-z</a>

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

    <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00248-021-01704-z" target="_blank" >10.1007/s00248-021-01704-z</a>

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    The Role of Peridomestic Animals in the Eco-Epidemiology of Anaplasma phagocytophilum

  • Original language description

    Anaplasma phagocytophilum is an important tick-borne zoonotic agent of human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA). In Europe, the Ixodes ticks are the main vector responsible for A. phagocytophilum transmission. A wide range of wild animals is involved in the circulation of this pathogen in the environment. Changes in populations of vertebrates living in different ecosystems impact the ecology of ticks and the epidemiology of tick-borne diseases. In this study, we investigated four species, Western European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus), northern white-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus roumanicus), Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), and the common blackbird (Turdus merula), to describe their role in the circulation of A. phagocytophilum in urban and periurban ecosystems. Ten different tissues were collected from cadavers of the four species, and blood and ear/skin samples from live blackbirds and hedgehogs. Using qPCR, we detected a high rate of A. phagocytophilum: Western European hedgehogs (96.4%), northern white-breasted hedgehogs (92.9%), Eurasian red squirrels (60%), and common blackbirds (33.8%). In the groEL gene, we found nine genotypes belonging to three ecotypes, seven of the genotypes are associated with HGA symptoms. Our findings underline the role of peridomestic animals in the ecology of A. phagocytophilum and indicate that cadavers are an important source of material for monitoring zoonotic pathogens. Concerning the high prevalence rate, all investigated species play an important role in the circulation of A. phagocytophilum in municipal areas, however, hedgehogs present the greatest anaplasmosis risk for humans. Common blackbirds and squirrels carry different A. phagocytophilum variants some of which are responsible for HGA.

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

  • CEP classification

  • OECD FORD branch

    10606 - Microbiology

Result continuities

  • Project

    Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

  • Continuities

    P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Others

  • Publication year

    2021

  • Confidentiality

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

Data specific for result type

  • Name of the periodical

    Microbial Ecology

  • ISSN

    0095-3628

  • e-ISSN

    1432-184X

  • Volume of the periodical

    82

  • Issue of the periodical within the volume

    3

  • Country of publishing house

    US - UNITED STATES

  • Number of pages

    11

  • Pages from-to

    602-612

  • UT code for WoS article

    000615177000001

  • EID of the result in the Scopus database

    2-s2.0-85100530727