Hedgehogs and Squirrels as Hosts of Zoonotic Bartonella Species
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. Tissue Detection Efficiency
2.2. Bartonella Infection Rates and Species Identification
2.3. Identified Bartonella Species
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Locus | PCR Type | Primer Name | Sequence 5′–3′ | References | Product Size (bp) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
gltA | PCR gltA-1 | 443f | GCTATGTCTGCATTCTATCA | [81] | 750 |
1210R | GATCYTCAATCATTTCTTTCCA | [82] | |||
nested PCR gltA-1 | 443f | GCTATGTCTGCATTCTATCA | [81] | 340 | |
781R | CCACCATGAGCTGGTCCCC | [83] | |||
PCR gltA-2 | Bhcs.781p fwd | GGGGACCAGCTCATGGTGG | [84] | 370 | |
Bhcs.1137n rev | AATGCAAAAAGAACAGTAAACA | ||||
PCR * | BwgltAf | AATCAATCCAGTGCTTACTCG | [31] | 625 | |
BwgltAr | CTGCATAGCCTGTATAGAGTT | ||||
rpoB | PCR | 1400F | CGCATTGGCTTACTTCGTATG | [85] | 800 |
2300R | GTAGACTGATTAGAACGCTG | ||||
nested PCR | 1596F | CGCATTATGGTCGTATTTGTCC | [86] | 400 | |
2300R | GTAGACTGATTAGAACGCTG | [85] | |||
ftsZ | PCR ** | F | CATATGGTTTTCATTACTGCYGGTATGG | [86] | 515 |
R | TTCTTCGCGAATACGATTAGCAGCTTC | ||||
ITS | PCR | H56s | GGGGAACCTGTGGCTGGATCAC | [87] | 900–1100 |
983as | TGTTCTYACAACAATGATGATG | ||||
nested PCR | H493as | TGAACCTCCGACCTCACGCTTATC | [87] | 200–300 | |
321s | AGATGATGATCCCAAGCCTTCTGG |
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Majerová, K.; Gutiérrez, R.; Fonville, M.; Hönig, V.; Papežík, P.; Hofmannová, L.; Lesiczka, P.M.; Nachum-Biala, Y.; Růžek, D.; Sprong, H.; et al. Hedgehogs and Squirrels as Hosts of Zoonotic Bartonella Species. Pathogens 2021, 10, 686. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10060686
Majerová K, Gutiérrez R, Fonville M, Hönig V, Papežík P, Hofmannová L, Lesiczka PM, Nachum-Biala Y, Růžek D, Sprong H, et al. Hedgehogs and Squirrels as Hosts of Zoonotic Bartonella Species. Pathogens. 2021; 10(6):686. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10060686
Chicago/Turabian StyleMajerová, Karolina, Ricardo Gutiérrez, Manoj Fonville, Václav Hönig, Petr Papežík, Lada Hofmannová, Paulina Maria Lesiczka, Yaarit Nachum-Biala, Daniel Růžek, Hein Sprong, and et al. 2021. "Hedgehogs and Squirrels as Hosts of Zoonotic Bartonella Species" Pathogens 10, no. 6: 686. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens10060686