التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Small Indian Mongooses (Herpestes auropunctatus) Serve As Reservoirs of Bartonella henselae and Rickettsia felis Vectored by Ctenocephalides felis. |
| المؤلفون: |
Kexin Fang, Philpot, Kaitlyn, Xinyu Chi, Ketzis, Jennifer, Aifang Du, Chaoqun Yao |
| المصدر: |
Vector-Borne & Zoonotic Diseases; Jun2021, Vol. 21 Issue 6, p422-431, 10p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
CAT flea, BARTONELLA henselae, NEOSPORA caninum, MONGOOSES, RICKETTSIA, DNA sequencing |
| مصطلحات جغرافية: |
SAINT Kitts |
| مستخلص: |
Small Indian mongooses (SIMs, Herpestes auropunctatus) have invasively inhabited over 60 islands worldwide. They have been confirmed as a reservoir of rabies, leptospirosis, and salmonellosis; however, their role in the epidemiology of other zoonoses is little known. On St. Kitts, as well as other islands, SIMs harbor Ctenocephalides felis, which can vector several zoonotic diseases. In this study, SIMs were examined for fleas, and the collected fleas analyzed by PCR and DNA sequencing for Bartonella henselae, Rickettsia felis, Yersinia pestis, and Dipylidium caninum. Of the 87 SIMs, 75 (86.2%) harbored C. felis. C. felis recovered from nine (10.3%), one (1.1%), and one (1.1%) of the SIMs was positive for B. henselae, R. felis, and D. caninum, respectively. These data indicate that SIMs serve as an additional reservoir of B. henselae and R. felis, which should be taken into consideration in control and prevention of these rapidly emerging zoonoses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| قاعدة البيانات: |
Complementary Index |
