Detection of pathogenic Leptospira spp. in unconventional pets

IF 2 3区农林科学 Q4 IMMUNOLOGY Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Pub Date : 2024-03-08 DOI:10.1016/j.cimid.2024.102158

Bruna Carolina Ulsenheimer , Matheus Yuri dos Santos , Bruna Della Flora , Diego Andres Rodriguez Matarrita , Sônia de Avila Botton , Ana Eucares Von Laer , Daniela Isabel Brayer Pereira , Rafael Almeida Fighera , Alexandre Alberto Tonin

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Leptospirosis is a disease caused by Leptospira spp. responsible for considerable impacts on the public and animal health. In the past two decades, non-domesticated species of pets (unconventional pets) have become popular. However, the role of these unconventional pets on maintaining diseases still unclear. Therefore, the objective of this study was to survey the presence of Leptospira spp. DNA in unconventional pets. Samples of kidney tissues from 29 animals belonging to the Mammalia class (including Orders Carnivora, Lagomorpha and Rodentia) were analyzed for the presence of the gene lipL32. As a result, DNA of pathogenic Leptospira spp. from specie L. interrogans was detected in four (13,80%) of the analyzed samples: three from Oryctolagus cuniculus and one from Mesocricetus auratus. This study highlights the importance of epidemiological surveillance of leptospirosis, as it identified in species of unconventional pets, that may possibly act as reservoirs of Leptospira spp.

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在非传统宠物中检测致病性钩端螺旋体属

钩端螺旋体病是由钩端螺旋体属引起的一种疾病，对公众和动物健康造成严重影响。在过去二十年里，非驯养的宠物物种（非常规宠物）开始流行。然而，这些非常规宠物在维持疾病方面的作用仍不明确。因此，本研究的目的是调查非传统宠物中是否存在动植物 DNA。研究人员对属于哺乳纲（包括食肉目、长尾目和啮齿目）的 29 种动物的肾脏组织样本进行了分析，以确定是否存在该基因。结果，在四份（13.80%）分析样本中检测到了来自物种的致病菌 DNA：三份来自物种，一份来自动物。这项研究强调了钩端螺旋体病流行病学监测的重要性，因为它在非传统宠物物种中发现了可能充当病菌库的病原体。

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Comparative Immunology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases 医学-免疫学

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期刊介绍： Comparative Immunology, Microbiology & Infectious Diseases aims to respond to the concept of "One Medicine" and to provide a venue for scientific exchange. Based on the concept of "Comparative Medicine" interdisciplinary cooperation between specialists in human and animal medicine is of mutual interest and benefit. Therefore, there is need to combine the respective interest of physicians, veterinarians and other health professionals for comparative studies relevant to either human or animal medicine . The journal is open to subjects of common interest related to the immunology, immunopathology, microbiology, parasitology and epidemiology of human and animal infectious diseases, especially zoonotic infections, and animal models of human infectious diseases. The role of environmental factors in disease emergence is emphasized. CIMID is mainly focusing on applied veterinary and human medicine rather than on fundamental experimental research.