NDLI: Absence of Leishmania infantum in cave bats in an endemic area in Spain

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Author	Millán, Javier López Roig, Marc Cabezón, Oscar Serra Cobo, Jordi
Copyright Year	2014
Abstract	Though dogs have been historically considered the main reservoir of Leishmania infantum, the role of wildlife in its epidemiology is attracting increasing attention. Rodents, wild carnivores and, recently, hares (Lepus spp.) have been proposed as sylvatic reservoirs for this parasite. Bats have never been tested for L. infantum infection in Europe. Nevertheless, bats have a widespread distribution, they live in abundant colonies, and some species inhabit caves, where constant temperatures and humidity provide ideal habitat for the sand fly vector. We tested blood samples from 35 Schreibers’ bats (Miniopterus schreibersii), abundant cave bats in NE Spain, which is an enzootic area of leishmaniasis. A PCR-amplifying fragment of the high copy of Leishmania donovani group kDNA minicircles was used. None of the analyzed samples were positive (maximum possible prevalence = 8.20 %). Though the susceptibility of this bat to parasitization by L. infantum cannot be ruled out, our survey indicates that this species may not be a relevant sylvatic reservoir of L. infantum in the Mediterranean area. Nevertheless, even if the prevalence of infection in bats is low, such an abundant taxonomic group would still provide a significant maintenance population for the parasite.
Starting Page	1993
Ending Page	1995
Page Count	3
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09320113
Journal	Parasitology Research
Volume Number	113
Issue Number	5
e-ISSN	14321955
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2014-03-13
Publisher Place	Berlin/Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Canine leishmaniasis Catalonia Leishmania infantum Zoonotic visceral leishmaniasis Medical Microbiology Microbiology Immunology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Infectious Diseases Veterinary Parasitology Insect Science

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