Crested Porcupine (Hystrix cristata L.): A New Potential Host for Pathogenic Leptospira Among Semi-Fossorial Mammals |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Veterinary Sciences, University of Pisa, Viale delle Piagge 2, 56124 Pisa, Italy;2. Doctor Veterinary Medicine, Pietrasanta, Italy;1. A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia;2. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia;1. Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran;2. Department of Pathobiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran;1. Laboratory of Veterinary Public Health, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252-0880, Japan;2. Laboratory of Veterinary Food Hygiene, Department of Veterinary Medicine, College of Bioresource Sciences, Nihon University, 1866 Kameino, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, 252-0880, Japan;3. Laboratory of Veterinary Microbiology, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Yamaguchi University, 1677-1 Yoshida, Yamaguchi, 753-8515, Japan;4. Department of Veterinary Science, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8640, Japan;5. Hikiiwa Park Center, 1629 Inari-cho, Tanabe 646-0051, Japan;1. Cátedra “Una Salud”, Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria, Universidad Agraria de la Habana (UNAH), Autopista Nacional Km 23½, Apartado 18, San José de las Lajas, Mayabeque, CP: 32700, Cuba;2. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Técnica de Manabí (UTM). Portoviejo, Ecuador;3. Laboratorios de la Dirección de Diagnóstico Animal, Tumbaco, Quito, Ecuador;4. Agencia Ecuatoriana para la Calidad del Agro (AGROCALIDAD), Manabí, Ecuador;5. Instituto Nacional de Investigación en Salud Pública (INSPI), Av. Huayna Capac 1-212 y Pisar Capac, CP: 010104, Cuenca, Ecuador;6. Department of Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Umeå, SE-901 87, Sweden;1. Institute of Parasitology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinaerplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria;2. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Sarajevo, Zmaja od Bosne 90, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina;3. Zoo “Pionirska dolina”, Patriotske Lige 58, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina;1. Department of Bacteriology I, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, 1-23-1 Toyama, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8640, Japan;2. Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan;3. Vietnam Research Station, Center for Infectious Disease Research in Asia and Africa, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University, 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki, 852-8523, Japan;4. Department of Virology, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi 10000, Viet Nam;5. Hanoi Center for Disease Control, No 70 Nguyen Chi Thanh Street, Dong Da district, Hanoi, Viet Nam;6. Deputy of Director General, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi 10000, Viet Nam;7. Department of Bacteriology, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Hanoi 10000, Viet Nam |
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| Abstract: | Wildlife plays a pivot role in the epidemiology of leptospirosis and rodents have a reservoir function for several Leptospira serogroups. The crested porcupine is the largest rodent of the Italian fauna and shares the same environment with red foxes, badgers, coypus and wild boars that are known to be infected by Leptospira. Between 2018 and 2019 the seroprevalence of Leptospira in crested porcupine was investigated for the first time. Overall 7 out of 14 sera (50 %) were found positive to Leptospira. Icterohaemorrhagiae resulted as the most detected serogroup (57 %) followed by Pomona, Australis and Sejroe. The highest titer (1:1600) was detected for the serogroup Australis. These results indicate that porcupines could be infected by several serogroup of Leptospira and the role of reservoir or accidental host need to be addressed. Further investigations are necessary in order to clarify the leptospirosis – epidemiology – wildlife framework in light of its potential zoonotic source. |
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| Keywords: | Porcupine Leptospirosis Rodent Epidemiology Seroprevalence Environmental sharing |
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