High prevalence of pathogenic Leptospira in alien American mink (Neovison vison) in Patagonia

BACKGROUND: Leptospirosis is an important zoonosis with worldwide distribution caused by pathogenic bacteria of the genus Leptospira. The North American mink (Neovison vison) has an important role in the environmental contamination with Leptospira, as minks live in aquatic environments and are the p...

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Autores principales:	Barros,Macarena, Sáenz,Leonardo, Lapierre,Lisette, Nuñez,Camila, Medina-Vogel,Gonzalo
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Sociedad de Biología de Chile 2014
Materias:	Pathogen Leptospira Alien North American mink Patagonia
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0716-078X20140001000292015-07-23High prevalence of pathogenic Leptospira in alien American mink (Neovison vison) in PatagoniaBarros,MacarenaSáenz,LeonardoLapierre,LisetteNuñez,CamilaMedina-Vogel,Gonzalo Pathogen Leptospira Alien North American mink Patagonia BACKGROUND: Leptospirosis is an important zoonosis with worldwide distribution caused by pathogenic bacteria of the genus Leptospira. The North American mink (Neovison vison) has an important role in the environmental contamination with Leptospira, as minks live in aquatic environments and are the predators of rodents. FINDINGS: Blood and kidney samples were obtained from 57 minks in Southern Chile 39° S to 45° S. Pathogenic species of Leptospira were detected by PCR on 31/57 minks. To determine the species, we sequenced the 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene on nine of the positive samples. We predicted two pathogenic species: Leptospira interrogans (five samples) and Leptospira borgpetersenii (four samples). CONCLUSIONS: This study showed that the American mink presents pathogenic species of Leptospira and confirm important environmental contamination of Patagonian rivers and lakes with pathogenic Leptospira.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad de Biología de ChileRevista chilena de historia natural v.87 20142014-01-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2014000100029en10.1186/S40693-014-0019-X
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language	English
topic	Pathogen Leptospira Alien North American mink Patagonia
spellingShingle	Pathogen Leptospira Alien North American mink Patagonia Barros,Macarena Sáenz,Leonardo Lapierre,Lisette Nuñez,Camila Medina-Vogel,Gonzalo High prevalence of pathogenic Leptospira in alien American mink (Neovison vison) in Patagonia
description	BACKGROUND: Leptospirosis is an important zoonosis with worldwide distribution caused by pathogenic bacteria of the genus Leptospira. The North American mink (Neovison vison) has an important role in the environmental contamination with Leptospira, as minks live in aquatic environments and are the predators of rodents. FINDINGS: Blood and kidney samples were obtained from 57 minks in Southern Chile 39° S to 45° S. Pathogenic species of Leptospira were detected by PCR on 31/57 minks. To determine the species, we sequenced the 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) gene on nine of the positive samples. We predicted two pathogenic species: Leptospira interrogans (five samples) and Leptospira borgpetersenii (four samples). CONCLUSIONS: This study showed that the American mink presents pathogenic species of Leptospira and confirm important environmental contamination of Patagonian rivers and lakes with pathogenic Leptospira.
author	Barros,Macarena Sáenz,Leonardo Lapierre,Lisette Nuñez,Camila Medina-Vogel,Gonzalo
author_facet	Barros,Macarena Sáenz,Leonardo Lapierre,Lisette Nuñez,Camila Medina-Vogel,Gonzalo
author_sort	Barros,Macarena
title	High prevalence of pathogenic Leptospira in alien American mink (Neovison vison) in Patagonia
title_short	High prevalence of pathogenic Leptospira in alien American mink (Neovison vison) in Patagonia
title_full	High prevalence of pathogenic Leptospira in alien American mink (Neovison vison) in Patagonia
title_fullStr	High prevalence of pathogenic Leptospira in alien American mink (Neovison vison) in Patagonia
title_full_unstemmed	High prevalence of pathogenic Leptospira in alien American mink (Neovison vison) in Patagonia
title_sort	high prevalence of pathogenic leptospira in alien american mink (neovison vison) in patagonia
publisher	Sociedad de Biología de Chile
publishDate	2014
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2014000100029
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High prevalence of pathogenic Leptospira in alien American mink (Neovison vison) in Patagonia

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