W. Stefański Institute of Parasitology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Twarda 51/55, 00-818, Warsaw, Poland.
I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Vul. B. Khmelnytskogo, 15, Kiev, 01030, Ukraine.
Acta Parasitol. 2021 Mar;66(1):222-227. doi: 10.1007/s11686-020-00276-1. Epub 2020 Sep 19.
Bacteria of the genus Bartonella are obligate parasites of vertebrates. Their distribution range covers almost the entire world, from the Americas to Europe and Asia. Many Bartonella species use rodents as reservoirs, and while much is known about Bartonella infection of rodents in central Europe, its extent is poorly understood in Eastern Europe.
The present study examines five rodent species (Apodemus flavicollis, Myodes glareolus, Microtus arvalis, Apodemus agrarius, Apodemus sylvaticus) in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in Ukraine. Total of 36 small mammals were captured in September 2017.
The overall prevalence of Bartonella spp. was 38.9% (14/36) in rodents. Obtained four sequences from Apodemus flavicollis, were identical to Bartonella grahamii and B. taylorii.
This is the first report to confirm the presence of Bartonella spp. in rodents in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, Ukraine by molecular methods. The sequences show similarity to Bartonella strains occurring in Europe.
巴尔通体属细菌是脊椎动物的专性寄生虫。它们的分布范围几乎覆盖了整个世界，从美洲到欧洲和亚洲。许多巴尔通体物种以啮齿动物为宿主，尽管人们对中欧啮齿动物的巴尔通体感染有了很多了解，但在东欧，其范围却知之甚少。
本研究在乌克兰切尔诺贝利隔离区检查了五种啮齿动物（黄腹草原田鼠、欧洲林姬鼠、黑线姬鼠、黑线仓鼠、大林姬鼠）。2017 年 9 月共捕获了 36 只小型哺乳动物。
啮齿动物中巴尔通体属的总流行率为 38.9%（14/36）。从黄腹草原田鼠中获得的 4 个序列与 Bartonella grahamii 和 B. taylorii 完全相同。
这是首次通过分子方法证实乌克兰切尔诺贝利隔离区啮齿动物中存在巴尔通体属的报告。这些序列与欧洲发生的巴尔通体菌株具有相似性。
