RT Journal Article
T1 Occurrence of Leishmania infantum in Wild Mammals Admitted to Recovery Centers in Spain
A1 Azami Conesa, Iris
A1 Pérez Moreno, Paula
A1 Matas Méndez, Pablo
A1 Sansano-Maestre, Jose
A1 González González, Fernando
A1 Mateo Barrientos, Marta
A1 Gómez Muñoz, María Teresa
AB Zoonotic 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.
PB MDPI
SN 2076-0817
YR 2023
FD 2023-08-16
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/103608
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/103608
LA eng
NO Azami-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
NO Universidad Complutense de Madrid (España)
DS Docta Complutense
RD 4 ago 2024