Synanthropic rodents and their ectoparasites as carriers of a novel haemoplasma and vector-borne, zoonotic pathogens indoors

Particle and Fibre Toxicology

Regina Hofmann-Lehmann⁵  Jenő Kontschán⁴  Ibolya Papp²  Róbert Farkas³  Attila Répási¹  Enikő Gönczi⁵  Marina L Meli⁵  Krisztina Rigó³  Gábor Földvári³  Sándor Hornok³ 

[1] County Veterinary Station, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén, Miskolc, Hungary;Veterinary Clinic, Mohács, Hungary;Department of Parasitology and Zoology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Szent István University, Budapest, Hungary;Plant Protection Institute, Centre of Agricultural Research of Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary;Clinical Laboratory and Center for Clinical Studies, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

关键词: Haemoplasma;    Bartonella;    Borrelia;    Anaplasma;    Rickettsia;    Rat;    Mouse;   

Others  :  1147792
DOI  :  10.1186/s13071-014-0630-3

 received in 2014-05-08, accepted in 2014-12-30,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

Despite their close association with human dwellings, the role of synanthropic rodents in the epidemiology of vector-borne infections is seldom studied. The aim of the present study was to compensate for this lack of information, by the molecular investigation of vector-borne bacteria in peridomestic rodents and their ectoparasites.

Findings

Fifty-two rodents (mainly house mice and brown rats) were caught alive in buildings and checked for blood-sucking ectoparasites; followed by molecular analysis of these, together with spleen samples, for the presence of vector-borne agents. Haemoplasma infection was significantly more prevalent among brown rats, than among house mice. A novel haemoplasma genotype (with only 92-93% similarity to Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis and M. coccoides in its 16S rRNA gene) was detected in a harvest mouse and a brown rat. Sporadic occurrence of Rickettsia helvetica, Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. and Bartonella sp. was also noted in rodents and/or their ectoparasites.

Conclusions

These results indicate that synanthropic rodents, although with low prevalence, may carry zoonotic and vector-borne pathogens indoors.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Hornok et al.; licensee BioMed Central.

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