Pathogenic Leptospira Species in Insectivorous Bats, China, 2015

Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Jun;24(6):1123-1126. doi: 10.3201/eid2406.171585.

Abstract

PCR amplification of the rrs2 gene indicated that 50% (62/124) of insectivorous bats from eastern China were infected with Leptospira borgpetersenii, L. kirschneri, and several potentially new Leptospira species. Multilocus sequence typing defined 3 novel sequence types in L. kirschneri, suggesting that bats are major carriers of Leptospira.

Keywords: China; Eptesicus serotinus; Leptospira; MLST; Mengyin; Myotis fimbriatus; Myotis pequinius; Myotis ricketti; Shandong; bacteria; bat; multilocus sequence typing; rrs2; vector-borne infections; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animal Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Animal Diseases / history
  • Animal Diseases / microbiology*
  • Animals
  • China / epidemiology
  • Genes, Bacterial
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humans
  • Leptospira / classification*
  • Leptospira / genetics*
  • Leptospira / pathogenicity
  • Leptospirosis / veterinary*
  • Multilocus Sequence Typing
  • Phylogeny
  • Zoonoses