Detection of Leptospira species in bat cadavers, Czech and Slovak Republics. Issue 1 (31st December 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Seidlova, Veronika; Straková, Petra; Kejíková, Romana; Nemcova, Monika; Bartonička, Tomáš; Salát, Jiří; Dufková, Lucie; Šikutová, Silvie; Mendel, Jan; McKee, Clifton; Zukal, Jan; Pikula, Jiri; Rudolf, Ivo
• Is Part Of: Emerging microbes & infections. Volume 11:Issue 1(2022)
• Page Start: 2211
• Page End: 2213
• Publication Date: 2022-12-31
• Subjects: Bats -- Central Europe -- emerging zoonoses -- Leptospira -- Myotis -- Nyctalus; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 616.9041
• DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2022.2117095
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2222-1751

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Kidney samples from 300 bat cadavers from the Czech and Slovak Republics were tested for Leptospira DNA using PCR and sequencing of three genes ( lipL32, flab, and 16S ribosomal RNA). Overall detection rate was 4.7% and two bat species ( Myotis myotis and Nyctalus noctula ) were PCR-positive for at least one gene. Detected Leptospira sequences were similar to L. interrogans and L. borgpetersenii, and included a potentially novel species related to L. weilii .