Detection of Leptospira species in bat cadavers, Czech and Slovak Republics

0561868 - ÚBO 2023 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Seidlová, Veronika - Straková, P. - Kejíková, Romana - Němcová, M. - Bartonička, T. - Salát, J. - Dufková, L. - Šikutová, Silvie - Mendel, Jan - McKee, C. - Zukal, Jan - Pikula, J. - Rudolf, Ivo
Detection of Leptospira species in bat cadavers, Czech and Slovak Republics.
Emerging Microbes & Infections. Roč. 11, č. 1 (2022), s. 2211-2213. E-ISSN 2222-1751
R&D Projects: GA MZd(CZ) NU21-05-00143
Institutional support: RVO:68081766
Keywords : Bats * Central Europe * emerging zoonoses * Leptospira * Myotis * Nyctalus
OECD category: Microbiology
Impact factor: 13.2, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/22221751.2022.2117095?needAccess=true

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.
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0334742