Alex Lintu Viskontene , Ekaterina V. Radyuk , Oleg A. Shapkin , Evgeniy A. Khizhkin , Victoria P. Bulanenko , Yana A. Voytsekhovskaya , Sergey G. Medvedev , Lyudmila S. Karan
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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.
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Acta Tropica, is an international journal on infectious diseases that covers public health sciences and biomedical research with particular emphasis on topics relevant to human and animal health in the tropics and the subtropics.
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