Bartonella spp. associated with rodents in an urban protected area, Buenos Aires (Argentina).
Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis
; 72: 101515, 2020 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
At least 15 of the 30 Bartonella species are involved in human pathologies, and several of them are associated with rodents and their fleas. The aims of this study were detect and molecularly characterize the Bartonella infections in rodents from an urban protected area of âBuenos Aires City (Argentina). A total of 186 rodents were captured and identified. For PCR of the 16S rRNA fragment, 23.7 % of the samples tested positive, and two groups (GrA and GrB) were identified. Likewise, the comparison between the sequences obtained for the gltA gene determined the presence of three genotypes, closely related to Bartonella spp. detected in sigmodontine rodents and their fleas in the Americas, which form a well-separated clade. The high prevalence of Bartonella in rodents from an urban protected area of âBuenos Aires city is relevant from a public health perspective.
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Assunto principal:
Doenças dos Roedores
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Roedores
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Bartonella
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Infecções por Bartonella
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Animals
País/Região como assunto:
America do sul
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Argentina
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Comp Immunol Microbiol Infect Dis
Ano de publicação:
2020
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Article