Genetic Evidence for a Potentially New Pathogenic <i>Leptospira</i> sp. Circulating in Bats from Brazilian Amazon.

ABSTRACT: Leptospirosis is a neglected zoonosis frequently reported worldwide, caused by a spirochete of the genus Leptospira. It is capable of infecting domestic animals, free-living animals, and humans. Among wild animals, the role of bats in the epidemiology of leptospirosis has been investigated but is far from being elucidated. The Amazonian biome has the ideal conditions for maintaining and disseminating leptospires and, despite efforts that have been made to better understand leptospires' occurrence in wild animals in the region, few studies aimed to explore and genetically characterize leptospires in bats. Based on this, the aim of the present study is to deeper investigate and genetically characterize leptospires detected in bats from the southwest Amazon. Animals were trapped by mis

SUBMITTER: Di Azevedo MIN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12016835 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature