Screening of bat faeces for arthropod-borne apicomplexan protozoa: Babesia canis and Besnoitia besnoiti-like sequences from Chiroptera

Parasites & Vectors
Sándor HornokHein Sprong

Abstract

Bats are among the most eco-epidemiologically important mammals, owing to their presence in human settlements and animal keeping facilities. Roosting of bats in buildings may bring pathogens of veterinary-medical importance into the environment of domestic animals and humans. In this context bats have long been studied as carriers of various pathogen groups. However, despite their close association with arthropods (both in their food and as their ectoparasites), only a few molecular surveys have been published on their role as carriers of vector-borne protozoa. The aim of the present study was to compensate for this scarcity of information. Altogether 221 (mostly individual) bat faecal samples were collected in Hungary and the Netherlands. The DNA was extracted, and analysed with PCR and sequencing for the presence of arthropod-borne apicomplexan protozoa. Babesia canis canis (with 99-100% homology) was identified in five samples, all from Hungary. Because it was excluded with an Ixodidae-specific PCR that the relevant bats consumed ticks, these sequences derive either from insect carriers of Ba. canis, or from the infection of bats. In one bat faecal sample from the Netherlands a sequence having the highest (99%) homology to B...Continue Reading

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Dec 15, 2015·Parasites & Vectors·Sándor HornokRegina Hofmann-Lehmann
Apr 29, 2016·The Veterinary Record·E G RyanT de Waal
Apr 11, 2020·Parasites & Vectors·Sándor HornokLászló Sugár
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May 31, 2018·Parasites & Vectors·Hui-Ju HanXue-Jie Yu
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Feb 5, 2021·International Journal for Parasitology. Parasites and Wildlife·Aline Diniz CabralHilda Fátima Jesus Pena
Jun 27, 2021·Transboundary and Emerging Diseases·David González-BarrioRafael Calero-Bernal

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Datasets Mentioned

BETA
KJ746531
KP835549-50
KP835555

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BETA
PCR
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MEGA

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