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Michel, Virginie; Ruvoën-Clouet, Nathalie; Ménard, Alexandre; Sonrier, C; Fillonneau, Catherine; Rakotovao, F; Ganière, Jean‐Pierre; André‐Fontaine, Geneviève

doi:10.1023/a:1017931607318

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“…As regard coypus, some studies highlighted the circulation of the same serovars among these animals and its possible role as reservoir host [18,[70][71][72]. In accordance with these studies, an high percentage of sera, No positive reactions were detected in sera from wild ruminants: roe deer, red deer, fallow deer and mouflon.…”

Section: Other Wild Animalsmentioning

confidence: 62%

Epidemiology of leptospirosis in North-Central Italy: Fifteen years of serological data (2002–2016)

Bertelloni

Cilia

Turchi

et al. 2019

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

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Section: Other Wild Animalsmentioning

confidence: 62%

Epidemiology of leptospirosis in North-Central Italy: Fifteen years of serological data (2002–2016)

Bertelloni

Cilia

Turchi

et al. 2019

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

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“…), bats ( Chiroptera spp. ), coypu ( Myocastor coypus ), and muskrats ( Ondatra zibethicus ), for which leptospiral renal carriage has been documented in France [ 19 , 20 ].…”

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Hedgehogs and Mustelid Species: Major Carriers of Pathogenic Leptospira, a Survey in 28 Animal Species in France (20122015)

Ayral¹,

Djelouadji

Raton³

et al. 2016

PLoS ONE

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Human leptospirosis is a zoonotic and potentially fatal disease that has increasingly been reported in both developing and developed countries, including France. However, our understanding of the basic aspects of the epidemiology of this disease, including the source of Leptospira serogroup Australis infections in humans and domestic animals, remains incomplete. We investigated the genetic diversity of Leptospira in 28 species of wildlife other than rats using variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) and multispacer sequence typing (MST). The DNA of pathogenic Leptospira was detected in the kidney tissues of 201 individuals out of 3,738 tested individuals. A wide diversity, including 50 VNTR profiles and 8 MST profiles, was observed. Hedgehogs and mustelid species had the highest risk of being infected (logistic regression, OR = 66.8, CI95% = 30.9–144 and OR = 16.7, CI95% = 8.7–31.8, respectively). Almost all genetic profiles obtained from the hedgehogs were related to Leptospira interrogans Australis, suggesting the latter as a host-adapted bacterium, whereas mustelid species were infected by various genotypes, suggesting their interaction with Leptospira was different. By providing an inventory of the circulating strains of Leptospira and by pointing to hedgehogs as a potential reservoir of L. interrogans Australis, our study advances current knowledge on Leptospira animal carriers, and this information could serve to enhance epidemiological investigations in the future.

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“…Using a micromethod of the MAT developed in the Central Veterinary Laboratory (CVL, Weybridge, UK), a serological survey of leptospirosis in 3,208 brucellosis-negative aborted cows was implemented in the Loire Atlantique department (France) (4,5). Since 1987, the MAT has been used by the author' s laboratory for several epidemiological surveys in domestic animals and feral species (6,7,8) and was routinely used for leptospirosis diagnosis in domestic animals (cattle, pigs, horses and dogs) (9).…”

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Leptospirosis in domestic animals in France: serological results from 1988 to 2007

André‐Fontaine¹

2016

Rev. Sci. Tech. OIE

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Leptospirosis is a common infection in domestic animals. The microscopic agglutination test (MAT) is used for serological diagnosis. From 1988 to 2007, the Leptospira Medical and Molecular Bacteriology Laboratory at the Nantes National College of Veterinary Medicine, Food Science and Engineering used the MAT to test serum samples from more than 40,000 cattle, 40,000 pigs, 20,000 horses and 9,500 dogs. Five Leptospira serogroups were prominent, with specific variations within the four animal species: Icterohaemorrhagiae, Australis, Sejroë, Grippotyphosa and Autumnalis. The prevalence and incidence of each serogroup varied for each species over the 20-year period: some serogroups were emergent during some years but disappeared later. This study reports the complex epidemiological features of leptospirosis.

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Cited by 24 publications

References 17 publications

Epidemiology of leptospirosis in North-Central Italy: Fifteen years of serological data (2002–2016)

Epidemiology of leptospirosis in North-Central Italy: Fifteen years of serological data (2002–2016)

Hedgehogs and Mustelid Species: Major Carriers of Pathogenic Leptospira, a Survey in 28 Animal Species in France (20122015)

Leptospirosis in domestic animals in France: serological results from 1988 to 2007

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