Wild Small Mammals and Ticks in Zoos—Reservoir of Agents with
Zoonotic Potential?

J 2021

Wild Small Mammals and Ticks in Zoos—Reservoir of Agents with Zoonotic Potential?

PITTERMANNOVÁ, Pavlína; Alena ŽÁKOVSKÁ; Petr VÁŇA; Jiřina MARKOVÁ; František TREML et al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Wild Small Mammals and Ticks in Zoos—Reservoir of Agents with Zoonotic Potential?

Autoři

PITTERMANNOVÁ, Pavlína; Alena ŽÁKOVSKÁ; Petr VÁŇA; Jiřina MARKOVÁ; František TREML; Lenka ČERNÍKOVÁ; Marie BUDÍKOVÁ a Eva BÁRTOVÁ

Vydání

Pathogens, BASEL, SWITZERLAND, MDPI, 2021, 2076-0817

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10613 Zoology

Stát vydavatele

Švýcarsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 4.531

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14510/21:00122465

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sportovních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

Anaplasma; Borrelia; Coxiella; Francisella; Leptospira; Rickettsia

Štítky

14311010, 14314010, rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 20. 2. 2023 08:19, Mgr. Marie Novosadová Šípková, DiS.

Anotace

V originále

Wild small mammals and ticks play an important role in maintaining and spreading zoonoses in nature, as well as in captive animals. The aim of this study was to monitor selected agents with zoonotic potential in their reservoirs and vectors in a zoo, and to draw attention to the risk of possible contact with these pathogens. In total, 117 wild small mammals (rodents) and 166 ticks were collected in the area of Brno Zoo. Antibodies to the bacteria Coxiella burnetii, Francisella tularensis, and Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. were detected by a modified enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in 19% (19/99), 4% (4/99), and 15% (15/99) of rodents, respectively. Antibodies to Leptospira spp. bacteria were detected by the microscopic agglutination test in 6% (4/63) of rodents. Coinfection (antibodies to more than two agents) were proved in 14.5% (15/97) of animals. The prevalence of C. burnetii statistically differed according to the years of trapping (p = 0.0241). The DNAs of B. burgdorferi s.l., Rickettsia sp., and Anaplasma phagocytophilum were detected by PCR in 16%, 6%, and 1% of ticks, respectively, without coinfection and without effect of life stage and sex of ticks on positivity. Sequencing showed homology with R. helvetica and A. phagocytophilum in four and one positive samples, respectively. The results of our study show that wild small mammals and ticks in a zoo could serve as reservoirs and vectors of infectious agents with zoonotic potential and thus present a risk of infection to zoo animals and also to keepers and visitors to a zoo.

Citovat

PITTERMANNOVÁ, Pavlína; Alena ŽÁKOVSKÁ; Petr VÁŇA; Jiřina MARKOVÁ; František TREML; Lenka ČERNÍKOVÁ; Marie BUDÍKOVÁ a Eva BÁRTOVÁ. Wild Small Mammals and Ticks in Zoos—Reservoir of Agents with Zoonotic Potential? Pathogens. BASEL, SWITZERLAND: MDPI, 2021, roč. 10, č. 6, s. 1-11. ISSN 2076-0817. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10060777.

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PITTERMANNOVÁ, Pavlína; Alena ŽÁKOVSKÁ; Petr VÁŇA; Jiřina MARKOVÁ; František TREML; Lenka ČERNÍKOVÁ; Marie BUDÍKOVÁ a Eva BÁRTOVÁ. Wild Small Mammals and Ticks in Zoos—Reservoir of Agents with Zoonotic Potential? \textit{Pathogens}. BASEL, SWITZERLAND: MDPI, 2021, roč.~10, č.~6, s.~1-11. ISSN~2076-0817. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10060777.

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