Jeske, Kathrin; Herzig-Straschil, Barbara; Răileanu, Cristian; Kunec, Dusan; Tauchmann, Oliver; Emirhar, Duygu; Schmidt, Sabrina; Trimpert, Jakob; Silaghi, Cornelia; Heckel, Gerald; Ulrich, Rainer G.; Drewes, Stephan (2022). Zoonotic pathogen screening of striped field mice (Apodemus agrarius) from Austria. Transboundary and emerging diseases, 69(2), pp. 886-890. Wiley 10.1111/tbed.14015
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The striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius) is known to carry several zoonotic pathogens, including Leptospira spp. and Dobrava–Belgrade orthohantavirus (DOBV). Since its first detection in 1996 in south-east Austria, the striped field mouse has further
expanded its range in Austria. Here, we screened 35 striped field mice collected in an Austrian region near the Hungarian border for DOBV, Leptospira spp. and seven vector-borne pathogens. Hantavirus RT-PCR screening and DOBV IgG ELISA analysis
led to the detection of two DOBV-positive striped field mice. The complete coding sequences of all three genome segments of both strains were determined by a combination of target enrichment and next-generation sequencing. Both complete coding S
segment sequences clustered within the DOBV genotype Kurkino clade with the highest
similarity to a sequence from Hungary. In one of 35 striped field mice, Leptospira borgpetersenii sequence type (ST) 146 was detected. Bartonella spp., Borrelia miyamotoi
and Neoehrlichia mikurensis DNA was detected in four, one and t wo of 32 mice, respectively. Babesia, Anaplasma, Ehrlichia and Rickettsia specific DNA was not detected.
Future investigations will have to determine the prevalence and invasion of these pathogens with the ongoing range expansion of the striped field mouse in Austria.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Ecology and Evolution (IEE) 08 Faculty of Science > Department of Biology > Institute of Ecology and Evolution (IEE) > Population Genetics |
UniBE Contributor: |
Heckel, Gerald |
Subjects: |
500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology |
ISSN: |
1865-1674 |
Publisher: |
Wiley |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Susanne Holenstein |
Date Deposited: |
27 Apr 2022 15:17 |
Last Modified: |
23 Dec 2022 09:32 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1111/tbed.14015 |
PubMed ID: |
33534959 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/169449 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/169449 |
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