Cirović Duško, Chochlakis Dimosthenis, Tomanović Snežana, Sukara Ratko, Penezić Aleksandra, Tselentis Yannis, Psaroulaki Anna
Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade, Studentski Trg 16, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
Regional Laboratory of Public Health of Crete, Heraklion, 71110 Crete, Greece.
Biomed Res Int. 2014;2014:728516. doi: 10.1155/2014/728516. Epub 2014 May 22.
The golden jackal Canis aureus occurs in south-eastern Europe, Asia, the Middle East, the Caucasus, and Africa. In Serbia, jackals neared extinction; however, during the last 30 years, the species started to spread quickly and to increase in number. Few studies in the past have revealed their potential role as carriers of zoonotic diseases. Animal samples were collected over a three-year period (01/2010-02/2013) from 12 sites all over Serbia. Of the tissue samples collected, spleen was chosen as the tissue to proceed; all samples were tested for Leishmania species and Brucella species by real-time PCR. Of the 216 samples collected, 15 (6.9%) were positive for Leishmania species, while four (1.9%) were positive for B. canis. The potential epidemiologic role of the golden jackal in carrying and dispersing zoonotic diseases in Serbia should be taken under consideration when applying surveillance monitoring schemes.
金豺（学名：Canis aureus）分布于欧洲东南部、亚洲、中东、高加索地区和非洲。在塞尔维亚，豺曾几近灭绝；然而，在过去30年里，该物种开始迅速扩散且数量增加。过去很少有研究揭示它们作为人畜共患病携带者的潜在作用。在三年期间（2010年1月至2013年2月），从塞尔维亚各地的12个地点采集了动物样本。在采集的组织样本中，选择脾脏作为后续检测的组织；所有样本均通过实时聚合酶链反应检测利什曼原虫属和布鲁氏菌属。在采集的216份样本中，15份（6.9%）利什曼原虫属检测呈阳性，而4份（1.9%）犬种布鲁氏菌检测呈阳性。在应用监测方案时，应考虑金豺在塞尔维亚携带和传播人畜共患病方面的潜在流行病学作用。
