Detection of Leptospira species in bat cadavers, Czech and Slovak Republics

Veronika Seidlová,Petra Straková,Romana Kejíková,Monika Němcová,Tomáš Bartonička,Jiřı́ Salát,Lucie Dufková,Silvie Šikutová,Jan Mendel,Clifton McKee,Jan Zukal,Jiří Pikula,Ivo Rudolf

Emerging microbes & infections（2022）

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Abstract

Kidney samples from 300 bat cadavers from the Czech and Slovak Republics were tested for Leptospira DNA using PCR and sequencing of three genes (lipL32, flab, and 16S ribosomal RNA). Overall detection rate was 4.7% and two bat species (Myotis myotis and Nyctalus noctula) were PCR-positive for at least one gene. Detected Leptospira sequences were similar to L. interrogans and L. borgpetersenii, and included a potentially novel species related to L. weilii.

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bat cadavers,species

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