Microbiome-based surveillance of zoonotic tick-borne pathogens from urban wild boars in Barcelona, 2022-2023.

ABSTRACT: Incursions of wild animals into urban areas amplify the potential risks of zoonotic disease transmission by increasing contact between humans and animal reservoirs. Monitoring the presence of pathogens in these animals is crucial for assessing zoonotic risks but remains challenging due to the vast array of known and unknown pathogens harboured by animals. Microbiome-based approaches provide an efficient and comprehensive alternative for monitoring microbial communities and scanning the whole spectrum of bacterial pathogens. In this study, we applied this innovative conceptual framework to implement a sentinel monitoring system for investigating zoonotic tick-borne bacteria in three tick species sampled from wild boars in the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (MAB). Using Nanopore sequencing o

SUBMITTER: Carrera-Faja L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11994396 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature