Correa Juana Paola, Bacigalupo Antonella, Botto-Mahan Carezza, Bucarey Sergio, Cattan Pedro Eduardo, de Cortázar Rodrigo García, Landaeta-Aqueveque Carlos, Ramírez-Estrada Juan
1 Departamento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, PO Box 653, Santiago, Chile.
2 Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas Animales, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias, Universidad de Chile, Santa Rosa 11735, Santiago, Chile.
J Wildl Dis. 2017 Jul;53(3):677-680. doi: 10.7589/2016-11-248. Epub 2017 Mar 22.
We report natural infections by pathogenic Leptospira of two rodent species endemic to Chile: the degu ( Octodon degus ) and Darwin's pericote ( Phyllotis darwini ). We detected Leptospira DNA in kidney and urine samples taken in different years and sites, reaching 33% infection. The effects of infection in these species requires further evaluation.
我们报告了智利特有的两种啮齿动物——八齿鼠(Octodon degus)和达尔文稻鼠(Phyllotis darwini)感染致病性钩端螺旋体的自然情况。我们在不同年份和地点采集的肾脏和尿液样本中检测到了钩端螺旋体DNA,感染率达33%。这些物种感染的影响需要进一步评估。