In search of pathogenic Leptospira species in Myotis and other vesper bats, Russia

•In our work we screened bats using PCR for diagnosing Leptospira in urine of alive bats•The influence of bat species plays a significant role in Leptospira infection•The infected species were only Myotis bats•Pipistrellus, Vespertilio, Eptesicus and Plecotus did not excrete Leptospira•Detected Lept...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Acta tropica 2024-12, p.107506, Article 107506
Main Authors: Viskontene, Alex Lintu, Radyuk, Ekaterina V., Shapkin, Oleg A., Khizhkin, Evgeniy A., Bulanenko, Victoria P., Voytsekhovskaya, Yana A., Medvedev, Sergey G., Karan, Lyudmila S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
bats
Leptospira
M. dasycneme
M. daubentonii
non-invasive sampling
reservoirs
Citations: Items that this one cites
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:•In our work we screened bats using PCR for diagnosing Leptospira in urine of alive bats•The influence of bat species plays a significant role in Leptospira infection•The infected species were only Myotis bats•Pipistrellus, Vespertilio, Eptesicus and Plecotus did not excrete Leptospira•Detected Leptospira species were similar to L. kirschneri and L. borgpetersenii Various bat species worldwide have been identified as Leptospira carriers, especially in tropical regions. In this study, we investigated the infection of Vespertilionidae bats by pathogenic Leptospira in north-west Russia. Out of 264 bats from 13 species, the urine of 24 specimens tested positive according to a polymerase chain reaction test. The infected species were exclusively Myotis bats: M. brandtii (1/56; 1.8%); M. dasycneme (9/40; 22.5%); and M. daubentonii (14/47; 29.8%). The detected Leptospira strains were similar to L. kirschneri and L. borgpetersenii. [Display omitted]
ISSN:0001-706X
1873-6254
1873-6254
DOI:10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107506