Detection of Francisella tularensis in three vole species in Central Europe
Jazyk angličtina Země Německo Médium print-electronic
Typ dokumentu časopisecké články
Grantová podpora
3713 48 401
German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB)
European Union EMIDA-ERA-NET
2811ERA117
Bundesamt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE)
PubMed
30447176
DOI
10.1111/tbed.13078
Knihovny.cz E-zdroje
- Klíčová slova
- Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland, bank vole, common vole, field vole, tularemia,
- MeSH
- Arvicolinae mikrobiologie MeSH
- DNA bakterií genetika MeSH
- epidemický výskyt choroby veterinární MeSH
- Francisella tularensis genetika izolace a purifikace MeSH
- kvantitativní polymerázová řetězová reakce veterinární MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- tularemie epidemiologie mikrobiologie veterinární MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Check Tag
- lidé MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
- Publikační typ
- časopisecké články MeSH
- Geografické názvy
- Evropa MeSH
- Názvy látek
- DNA bakterií MeSH
Francisella tularensis is a zoonotic, gram-negative bacterium that causes tularemia in humans. Depending on its subspecies and the route of transmission, mild to lethal courses have been reported. F. tularensis subsp. holarctica is the only subspecies found in Europe and affects a plenitude of vertebrates including lagomorphs and rodents. Population outbreaks of certain rodent species are likely to be involved in the transmission of this pathogen. This molecular survey aims to evaluate the presence of F. tularensis in small mammals from three Central European countries. Using a real-time polymerase chain reaction, F. tularensis DNA was detected in common voles (Microtus arvalis) from Switzerland and in field voles (Microtus agrestis) and a bank vole (Myodes glareolus) from Germany, but not in any other small mammal species. All common voles from the Czech Republic were negative for F. tularensis DNA. The prevalence in the three vole species varied between 1.3% and 3.0%. In conclusion, Francisella tularensis DNA was detected in three vole species in two of three countries investigated. The observed low prevalence raises questions on the role of voles for the transmission of Francisella tularensis in Central Europe.
Department of Forest Ecology Mendel University in Brno Brno Czech Republic
Friedrich Loeffler Institut Institute of Bacterial Infections and Zoonoses Jena Germany
Friedrich Loeffler Institut Institute of Epidemiology Greifswald Insel Riems Germany
Institut für Parasitologie Universität Zürich Zürich Switzerland
Technical University of Denmark National Veterinary Institute Kongens Lyngby Denmark
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