Department of Biomedical Sciences and One Health Center for Zoonoses and Tropical Veterinary Medicine, Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, Basseterre, West Indies.
Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2021 Jun;21(6):422-431. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2020.2733. Epub 2021 Mar 1.
Small Indian mongooses (SIMs, ) have invasively inhabited over 60 islands worldwide. They have been confirmed as a reservoir of rabies, leptospirosis, and salmonellosis; however, their role in the epidemiology of other zoonoses is little known. On St. Kitts, as well as other islands, SIMs harbor , which can vector several zoonotic diseases. In this study, SIMs were examined for fleas, and the collected fleas analyzed by PCR and DNA sequencing for , , , and . Of the 87 SIMs, 75 (86.2%) harbored . recovered from nine (10.3%), one (1.1%), and one (1.1%) of the SIMs was positive for , , and , respectively. These data indicate that SIMs serve as an additional reservoir of and , which should be taken into consideration in control and prevention of these rapidly emerging zoonoses.
小型印度食蟹狐(SIMs,)已在全球 60 多个岛屿上进行了入侵性栖息。它们已被证实是狂犬病、钩端螺旋体病和沙门氏菌病的储主;然而,它们在其他人畜共患病流行病学中的作用鲜为人知。在圣基茨以及其他岛屿上,SIMs 携带跳蚤,这些跳蚤可以传播几种人畜共患疾病。在这项研究中,对 SIMs 进行了跳蚤检查,并通过 PCR 和 DNA 测序对收集到的跳蚤进行了分析,以检测、、和。在 87 只 SIMs 中,有 75 只(86.2%)携带。从九只(10.3%)、一只(1.1%)和一只(1.1%)SIMs 中分别回收了、和的阳性样本。这些数据表明,SIMs 是 和 的另一个储主,在这些快速出现的人畜共患病的控制和预防中应加以考虑。