Hedgehogs and Squirrels as Hosts of Zoonotic Bartonella Species
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/62157124:16170/21:43879115 RIV/00027162:_____/21:N0000115 RIV/60162694:_____/21:N0000014 RIV/00216208:11310/21:10429812 and 2 more
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/10/6/686" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0817/10/6/686</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10060686" target="_blank" >10.3390/pathogens10060686</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Hedgehogs and Squirrels as Hosts of Zoonotic Bartonella Species
Original language description
Free-living animals frequently play a key role in the circulation of various zoonotic vector-borne pathogens. Bacteria of the genus Bartonella are transmitted by blood-feeding arthropods and infect a large range of mammals. Although only several species have been identified as causative agents of human disease, it has been proposed that any Bartonella species found in animals may be capable of infecting humans. Within a wide-ranging survey in various geographical regions of the Czech Republic, cadavers of accidentally killed synurbic mammalian species, namely Eurasian red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), European hedgehog (Erinaceus europaeus) and Northern white-breasted hedgehog (Erinaceus roumanicus), were sampled and tested for Bartonella presence using multiple PCR reaction approach targeting several DNA loci. We demonstrate that cadavers constitute an available and highly useful source of biological material for pathogen screening. High infection rates of Bartonella spp., ranging from 24% to 76%, were confirmed for all three tested mammalian species, and spleen, ear, lung and liver tissues were demonstrated as the most suitable for Bartonella DNA detection. The wide spectrum of Bartonella spp. that were identified includes three species with previously validated zoonotic potential, B. grahamii, B. melophagi and B. washoensis, accompanied by 'Candidatus B. rudakovii' and two putative novel species, Bartonella sp. ERIN and Bartonella sp. SCIER.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology
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
Pathogens
ISSN
2076-0817
e-ISSN
2076-0817
Volume of the periodical
10
Issue of the periodical within the volume
6
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
686
UT code for WoS article
000666141200001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85107746772