First Molecular Detection of Pathogens Leptospira in Common Rodent Captured in North Algeria Urban Areas.

ABSTRACT: Leptospirosis is an anthropozoonosis disease of worldwide distribution caused by mobile spirochetes of the genus Leptospira and rodents, mainly rats, are described as its primary reservoir. In Algeria, there is limited data about the prevalence of Leptospira spp. in humans and animals, as well as Leptospira carriage in wild rodents. The study aimed to highlight the importance of rodents as a reservoir of Leptospira bacterium in Blida city in Algeria by detecting and identifying circulating Leptospira species in the rodent population. A total of 101 rodents, 95 Rattus Norvegicus, 5 Rattus Rattus, and 1 Mus Musculus were captured and tested for pathogenic Leptospira spp. byreal-time PCR targeting the Leptospira 16S rRNA (r

SUBMITTER: Lekhal L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9693108 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature