Lledó Lourdes, Serrano José Luis, Isabel Gegúndez María, Giménez-Pardo Consuelo, Saz José Vicente
1 Departamento de Biomedicina y Biotecnología, Universidad de Alcalá, Ctra. Madrid-Barcelona km. 33.6, 28871, Alcalá de Henares, Spain.
2 Territorial Health and Social Welfare Service, Junta de Castilla y León, Soria, Spain.
J Wildl Dis. 2016 Jan;52(1):122-5. doi: 10.7589/2015-03-074. Epub 2015 Nov 5.
We examined 314 red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from the province of Soria, Spain, for Rickettsia typhi, Rickettsia slovaca, and Borrelia burgdorferi infection. Immunofluorescence assays showed 1.9% had antibodies to R. typhi, 6.7% had antibodies to R. slovaca, and 8.3% had antibodies to B. burgdorferi. Serostatus was not correlated with sex or age. Because red foxes can be infected by Rickettsiae and B. burgdorferi, presence of red foxes may be and indicator for the presence of these pathogens.
我们检测了来自西班牙索里亚省的314只赤狐（赤狐属）是否感染了伤寒立克次体、斯洛伐克立克次体和伯氏疏螺旋体。免疫荧光检测显示，1.9%的赤狐有针对伤寒立克次体的抗体，6.7%有针对斯洛伐克立克次体的抗体，8.3%有针对伯氏疏螺旋体的抗体。血清状态与性别或年龄无关。由于赤狐可感染立克次体和伯氏疏螺旋体，赤狐的存在可能是这些病原体存在的一个指标。
