Detection and prevalence of four different hemotropic Mycoplasma spp. in Eastern North Carolina American black bears (Ursus americanus) |
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| Institution: | 1. College of Veterinary Medicine, 2015 SW 16th Avenue, Veterinary Academic Building, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA;2. Department of Entomology and Nematology, PO Box 110620, 1881 Natural Area Drive, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA;3. Emerging Pathogens Institute, 2055 Mowry Rd, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA;1. Department of Infectious, Parasitic and Immune-Mediated Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy;2. Department of Veterinary Medicine, Università degli Studi di Bari, Strada P.le per Casamassima Km 3, Valenzano, Bari 70010, Italy;1. Maine Medical Center Research Institute, Vector-borne Disease Laboratory, 75 John Roberts Road Suite 9B, South Portland, ME 04106, USA;2. United States National Tick Collection, Georgia Southern University, P.O. Box 8056, Statesboro, GA 30460, USA;1. San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 94132, USA;2. Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research University of California, Berkeley, CA 94120, USA;3. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA;1. Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Population Health, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, United States;2. Bureau of Sciences Services, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, United States;3. National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic Research Foundation, United States |
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| Abstract: | Hemotropic Mycoplasma spp. are globally emerging, obligate parasitic, epierythrocytic bacteria that infect many vertebrates, including humans. Hemoplasma infection can cause acute life-threatening symptoms or lead to a chronic sub-clinical carrier state. Hemotropic Mycoplasma spp. transmission, prevalence, and host specificity are uncertain. The purpose of this study was to determine the molecular prevalence of Mycoplasma species in blood from 68 free-ranging black bears from the eastern coast of North Carolina. DNA amplification of Mycoplasma 16S rRNA gene identified four distinct species infecting 34/68 (50%) of the black bear blood samples, including Candidatus M. haematoparvum. The high prevalence of hemotropic Mycoplasma infection in this wildlife species highlights the importance of understanding intra and inter species transmission. Black bears may play a role in the transmission of hemotropic Mycoplasma spp. between animals, arthropod vectors, and humans. Further studies are needed to elucidate black bears as a potential reservoir for hemotropic Mycoplasma infections. |
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| Keywords: | Hemoplasma American black bear |
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