Occurrence and Genotyping of Coxiella burnetii in Hedgehogs in China.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis
; 20(8): 580-585, 2020 08.
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ABSTRACT
Coxiella burnetii is the causative agent of query fever (Q fever), and distributes broadly in environment. Livestock are identified as main reservoirs, which may infect people through their contaminative urine, feces, milk, and birth products. Wild animals can also be the potential carriers and transmitters of C. burnetii. To understand the geographic distribution and host species of C. burnetii in China, we investigated the prevalence of C. burnetii in hedgehogs (Erinaceus amurensis) in Hubei Province. Hedgehogs were tested for C. burnetii with PCR targeting three genes (com1, rrs, and icd) followed by multispacer sequence typing (MST). We found that 12.2% (5/41) hedgehogs were PCR positive for C. burnetii. MST revealed presence of two novel genotypes and phylogenetic analysis revealed that the strains were similar to a group of isolates from chronic Q fever patients and mammals. This study showed that C. burnetii are highly prevalent in hedgehogs in Hubei Province in central China, suggesting that hedgehogs may play an important role in the ecology and transmission of C. burnetii to humans because it is captured and used as traditional medicine in China.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Medicinas Tradicionais:
Medicinas_tradicionales_de_asia
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Medicina_china
Assunto principal:
Febre Q
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Coxiella burnetii
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Ouriços
Tipo de estudo:
Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
China