Occurrence of Leishmania infantum in Wild Mammals Admitted to Recovery Centers in Spain

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dc.contributor.authorAzami Conesa, Iris
dc.contributor.authorPérez Moreno, Paula
dc.contributor.authorMatas Méndez, Pablo
dc.contributor.authorSansano-Maestre, Jose
dc.contributor.authorGonzález González, Fernando
dc.contributor.authorMateo Barrientos, Marta
dc.contributor.authorGómez Muñoz, María Teresa
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-26T18:04:16Z
dc.date.available2024-04-26T18:04:16Z
dc.date.issued2023-08-16
dc.description.abstractZoonotic leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania infantum is distributed worldwide and affects humans and domestic and wild mammals. In Europe, specifically in the Mediterranean basin, leishmaniasis is endemic due to the concurrence of the phlebotomine vectors and reservoir mammals, including carnivorous wildlife species and other less studied wild species. In this article, spleen, skin, and eye or oral swabs taken from 134 wild mammals admitted to five wildlife recovery centers in Spain were used. PCR employing fragments of the Repeat region, ITS1, and SSUrRNA were used for detection, and positive samples were processed for sequencing. L. infantum was detected in three out of the nine species analyzed, including European hedgehog, European badger, and red squirrel, with percentages ranging from 11.53 to 35.71%, depending on the species. Most of the species showed higher percentages of positivity in spleen samples than in skin samples. A small number of animals from the remaining six species tested negative, including Algerian hedgehog, stone marten, least weasel, garden dormouse, western polecat, and Egyptian mongoose. Hedgehogs and badgers are good candidates for consideration as epidemiological sentinels and pose a higher risk as potential reservoirs of leishmaniasis based on their percentage of infection and wide distribution.
dc.description.departmentDepto. de Sanidad Animal
dc.description.facultyFac. de Veterinaria
dc.description.fundingtypeDescuento UCM
dc.description.refereedTRUE
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversidad Complutense de Madrid (España)
dc.description.statuspub
dc.identifier.citationAzami-Conesa, I., Pérez-Moreno, P., Matas Méndez, P., Sansano-Maestre, J., González, F., Mateo Barrientos, M., & Gómez-Muñoz, M. T. (2023). Occurrence of Leishmania infantum in Wild Mammals Admitted to Recovery Centers in Spain. Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland), 12(8), 1048. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12081048
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/pathogens12081048
dc.identifier.issn2076-0817
dc.identifier.officialurlhttps://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12081048
dc.identifier.pmid37624008
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/103608
dc.issue.number1048
dc.journal.titlePathogens
dc.language.isoeng
dc.page.final11
dc.page.initial1
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.relation.projectIDGR29/20 UCM
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject.cdu616.993.161
dc.subject.keywordL. infantum
dc.subject.keywordWild mammals
dc.subject.keywordPCR
dc.subject.keywordEuropean hedgehog
dc.subject.keywordRed squirrel
dc.subject.keywordEuropean badger
dc.subject.ucmVeterinaria
dc.subject.unesco3109 Ciencias Veterinarias
dc.titleOccurrence of Leishmania infantum in Wild Mammals Admitted to Recovery Centers in Spain
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dc.volume.number12(8)
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