Editorial: Innovative Approaches in Diagnosis of Emerging/Re-emerging Infectious Diseases

Barać, Aleksandra; Poljak, Mario; Ong, David S. Y.

doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.619498

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“…Emerging zoonotic diseases are one of the main threats to human and animal health [1][2][3][4][5][6]. According to recent estimations, there are about 1407 human pathogens, of which 58 % are zoonotic and 13% are classified as emerging or reemerging [7].…”

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A Survey of Zoonotic Bacteria in the Spleen of Six Species of Rodents in Panama

García,

Castillo,

González

et al. 2024

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Emerging zoonotic diseases are one of the main threats to human and animal health and among the agents with the potential for zoonoses, those of bacterial origin have great relevance in Public Health. Rodents are considered one of the main reservoirs of pathogens that represent a risk to human health or animal species. In this study, we used massive 16S ribosomal RNA gene amplicon sequencing and microbial community ecology analyses to survey bacteria present in the spleen of six species of rodents in Panama, in order to identify bacterial taxa with zoonotic potential in the country. We found 3,352 bacterial Amplicon Sequence Variants (ASVs i.e. phylogenetic species) in the spleen of six rodents species surveyed (Liomys adspersus, Melanomys caliginosus, Mus musculus, Proechimys semispinosus, Rattus rattus, Zygodontomys brevicauda). This bacterial community was represented by 25 phyla, 55 classes, 140 orders, 268 families, and 508 genera. The three predominant phyla were Actinobacteria, Firmicutes, and Proteobacteria and the five predominant classes were Actinobacteria, Alpha- and Gammaproteobacteria, Bacilli, and Clostridia. The high abundance genera were seven: Acinetobacter, Bartonella, Cutibacterium, Enterococcus, Sarcina, Staphylococcus, and Wolbachia. Genera found with less abundance included Bradyrhizobium, Chryseobacterium, Clostridium, Corynebacterium, Lactobacillus, Pseudonocardia, Rhodococcus, and Sphingomonas. Some of these genera (high or low abundance) have clinical importance. Overall, this study contributes to generating information on the potential of different species of rodents as reservoirs of bacterial zoonosis in Panama.

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