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June 21, 2022Zoonoses and Public Health

Zoonotic Babesia microti infection in wild rodents in Erzurum province, northeastern Turkey

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EGEsin GüvenMAMuzaffer AkyüzRKRıdvan Kirman

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Molecular surveillance reveals zoonotic Babesia microti in wild rodents, highlighting a potential public health risk of tick-borne disease.

Key Points

  • To assess the presence and genetic characteristics of Babesia microti in wild rodent populations and rodent-attached ticks in Erzurum province, Turkey.
  • Screened spleen tissues from 498 wild rodents and 21 rodent-fed ticks (15 Ixodes laguri and 6 Rhipicephalus sanguineus) for Babesia spp. using polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
  • Sequenced 18S PCR amplicons to identify Babesia species and evaluate sequence identity with known zoonotic reference strains.
  • Babesia spp. DNA was detected in 3 of 498 rodent spleen samples (0.6%), with molecular identification confirming all positive rodents as Microtus socialis.
  • All 21 rodent-fed ticks tested negative for Babesia spp. by PCR.
  • Sequence analysis of 18S amplicons confirmed the rodent isolates were 100% identical to the zoonotic Babesia microti Jena strain.

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Güven et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6ab33e89e8129fc9b332aaf3https://doi.org/10.1111/zph.12983
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