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Evidence for widespread Leishmania infantum infection among wild carnivores in L. infantum periendemic northern Spain

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dc.contributor.authorDel Rio, L.
dc.contributor.authorChitimia, L.
dc.contributor.authorCubas, A.
dc.contributor.authorVictoriano, I.
dc.contributor.authorDe la Rúa, P.
dc.contributor.authorGerrikagoitia, X.
dc.contributor.authorBarral, M.
dc.contributor.authorMunoz-García, C.I.
dc.contributor.authorGarcía-Martínez, D.
dc.contributor.authorFisa, R.
dc.contributor.authorRiera, C.
dc.contributor.authorMurcia, L.
dc.contributor.authorSegovia Hernández, Manuel
dc.contributor.authorBerriatua Fernández de Larrea, Eduardo
dc.contributor.authorGoyena Salgado, Elena
dc.contributor.departmentAnatomía y Anatomía Patológica Comparadas
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dc.date.available2025-01-20T09:46:37Z
dc.date.issued2013-12-17
dc.description© 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. This document is the Published version of a Published Work that appeared in final form in Preventive Veterinary Medicine. To access the final edited and published work see https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.12.001es
dc.description.abstractLeishmania spp. infection was investigated in tissue samples of wild carnivores from the Spanish Basque Country (BC), by PCR and DNA sequencing. The region is at the northern periphery of Leishmania infantum endemic Iberian Peninsula and infection in the dog (reservoir) or other species has not been previously reported. Leishmania kinetoplast DNA was detected by real-time PCR (rtPCR) in 28% (44/156) of animals. Specifically, in 26% of Eurasian badgers (n = 53), 29% of foxes (n = 48), 29% of stone martens (n = 21) and in 25–50% of less numerous species including genets, wild cats, pole cats, European mink and weasels. Infected animals particularly badgers, were most prevalent in the southernmost province of the BC (Araba)in areas dominated by arable land. Subsequent amplification and sequencing of a fragment of the rRNA internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) from a subset of rtPCR positives samples confirmed the species as L. infantum, showing a high sequence homogeneity with ITS2 sequences of L. infantum from dogs and humans from southern Spain. In summary, this study reports for the first time L. infantum infection in wild carnivores from the BC including in stone martens, pole cats and minks in which infection has not been previously described. It supports the need to study infection in dogs and people in this region and is an example of the value of infection surveillance in wildlife to assess potential risks in the domestic environment and their role in spreading infections in non-endemic areas.es
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dc.identifier.citationPreventive Veterinary Medicine 113 (2014) 430-435
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.12.001
dc.identifier.issnPrint: 0167-5877
dc.identifier.issnElectronic: 1873-1716
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10201/148804
dc.languageenges
dc.publisherElsevieres
dc.relationThis study was funded by the Fundación Séneca de la Región de Murcia (Pr. Ref: 08714/PI/08), and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and the Instituto de Salud Carlos III within the Network of Tropical Diseases Research (RICET RD06/0021/1007). We would like to thank Dr Paolo Tizzani from Turin Veterinary Faculty, Italy, for his help with the GIS. Authors of this paper are presently members and receive support from COST Action TD1303 (European Network for Neglected Vectors and Vector-borne infections).es
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dc.subjectLeishmania infantumes
dc.subjectWildlifees
dc.subjectPeriendemices
dc.subjectNorthern Spaines
dc.titleEvidence for widespread Leishmania infantum infection among wild carnivores in L. infantum periendemic northern Spaines
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