USC 1233-RS2GP, VetAgro Sup, Université de Lyon, Marcy L'Etoile, France.
Groupe de Recherche et d'Etude pour la Gestion de l'Environnement (GREGE), Villandraut, France.
Epidemiol Infect. 2024 Nov 4;152:e136. doi: 10.1017/S095026882400116X.
Leptospirosis is a widespread zoonosis caused by bacteria of the genus Although crucial to mitigate the disease risk, basic epidemiological information is lacking, such as the identities of maintenance hosts. The raccoon (), an alien invasive species in France, could pose a public health risk if it carries pathogenic We investigated the rate and type (selective vs. unselective) of carriage in the two main raccoon populations in France. Out of the 141 raccoons collected, seven (5%) tested quantitative PCR positive, targeting gene, based on kidney, lung, and urine samples. Phylogenetic analysis revealed the presence of three different clusters. The results suggest that raccoons were more likely accidental hosts and made only a limited contribution to maintenance.
钩端螺旋体病是一种由钩端螺旋体属细菌引起的广泛人畜共患病。尽管对于减轻疾病风险至关重要，但基本的流行病学信息却很缺乏，例如维持宿主的身份。浣熊（）是法国的一种外来入侵物种，如果它携带致病性钩端螺旋体，可能会对公共健康构成威胁。我们调查了法国两个主要浣熊种群中钩端螺旋体的携带率和类型（选择性与非选择性）。从采集的 141 只浣熊中，有 7 只（5%）基于肾脏、肺部和尿液样本的 qPCR 检测到 基因阳性。系统发育分析显示存在三种不同的 株簇。结果表明，浣熊更可能是偶然宿主，对 维持的贡献有限。
