Prevalence of zoonotic Bartonella species among rodents and shrews in Thailand

Pangjai, Decha; Maruyama, Soichi; Boonmar, Sumalee; Kabeya, Hidenori; Sato, Shingo; Nimsuphan, Burin; Petkanchanapong, Wimol; Wootta, Wattanapong; Wangroongsarb, Piyada; Boonyareth, Maskiet; Preedakoon, Poom; Saisongkorh, Watcharee; Sawanpanyalert, Pathom

doi:10.1016/j.cimid.2013.12.001

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“…Suncus murinus had the highest reported prevalence (30%) for this species in Southeast Asia. In previous studies on S. murinus , the prevalence was 5.1% in Cambodia (Jiyipong et al., ), 4.8% in Jakarta, Indonesia (Winoto et al., ), and 3.8% in Thailand (Pangjai et al., ). Bartonella has previously been detected in other Mus species (Jiyipong et al., ); however, this is the first detection in M. castaneus .…”

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Detection and genetic characterization of diverse Bartonella genotypes in the small mammals of Singapore

Neves

Mendenhall

Borthwick

et al. 2017

Zoonoses and Public Health

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Summary Bartonella species are arthropod‐borne bacterial pathogens that infect numerous mammalian species. Small mammals play an important role as natural reservoirs of many Bartonella species, maintaining the greatest diversity of Bartonella described to date. Although Bartonella research has been conducted in Southeast Asia, no studies have been undertaken on small mammals in Singapore. Here, we report the detection and description of Bartonella in small mammals in Singapore during the period of November 2011 to May 2014. BartonellaDNA was detected in 20.8% (22/106) of small mammal spleens with a PCR amplifying the beta subunit of bacterial RNA polymerase (rpoB) gene. Commensal species Rattus norvegicus and Rattus tanezumi had the highest prevalence, 75% (3/4) and 34,5% (10/29), followed by Suncus murinus 30% (6/20), Tupaia glis 16,7% (1/6) and Mus castaneus 13.3% (2/15). Phylogenetic analysis of 18 rpoB gene sequences revealed five Bartonella genotypes circulating in the small mammals of Singapore. Bayesian tip‐significance testing demonstrated strong structuring in the geographical signal, indicating that distribution of Bartonella species is correlated to the distribution of their hosts. Major deforestation and fragmentation in Singapore favour synanthropic species that traverse habitats and increase the possibility of spillover to incidental hosts.

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Detection and genetic characterization of diverse Bartonella genotypes in the small mammals of Singapore

Neves

Mendenhall

Borthwick

et al. 2017

Zoonoses and Public Health

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“…Considering the close association of A. agrarius with humans in transmission of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (Fang et al 2015, Wang et al 2016, the pathogenicity of B. fuyuanensis to humans needs to be investigated. Bartonella queenslandensis has been isolated/detected worldwide from the United States, Thailand, Australia, and other countries in Southeastern Asia (Saisongkorh et al, 2009, Jiyipong et al 2012, Pangjai et al 2014, Peterson et al 2017, but its pathogenicity to humans has yet been reported.…”

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BartonellaSpecies Detected in Rodents from Eastern China

Qin

Liu

et al. 2019

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

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Bartonella are vector borne gram-negative facultative intracellular bacteria. Bartonella species are associated with rodents and their flea parasites worldwide. The genetic variation and distribution of Bartonella species in rodents are not clear in China. We investigated the presence and genetic diversity of Bartonella species in rodents from eastern China. We captured rodents from 2015 to 2016 in Jiaonan County, Shandong Province, and detected Bartonella species in the spleen of rodents by PCR amplification of the citrate synthase (gltA) gene and RNA polymerase beta subunit (rpoB) gene. We found that 8.38% (16/191) of the rodents were Bartonella positive by PCR for both gltA and rpoB genes; that Bartonella sequences from the rodents were phylogenetically divided into five clades, which were closely related to B. tribocorum, B. rattimassiliensis, B. grahamii, B. fuyuanensis, and B. queenslandensis, respectively; and that each Bartonella species is rodent species-specific with B. rattimassiliensis and B. tribocorum for Rattus norvegicus, B. grahamii for Tscherskia triton, B. fuyuanensis for Apodemus agrarius, and B. queenslandensis for Niviventer confucianus. This study indicated that Bartonella organisms have a broad distribution and a variety of genotypes in rodents in eastern China and the threats to public health by these Bartonella species should be monitored in China.

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“…The ability of some pathogens, especially viruses, to cross-infect species and rapidly alter their phenotype, thus becoming more adaptable to humans, is an evolutionary jump of concern that should stress the importance of expanding our research goals to include surveys of other species that are not normally considered as zoonotic disease reservoirs (Brooks et al, 2014). For instance, studies document influenza and cowpox outbreaks in anteaters (Nofs et al, 2009;Marennikova et al, 1977) and the high prevalence of Bartonella in shrews (Pangjai et al, 2014). Lagomorphs are well-known hosts for a wide range of zoonoses, which does not explain the scarcity of survey information in species of this order.…”

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