A survey of zoonotic pathogens carried by house mouse and black rat populations in Yucatan, Mexico

dc.creatorPanti-May, Jesus Alonso
dc.creatorAndrade, Ramon Reinalde Couto de
dc.creatorGurubel-González, Y
dc.creatorPalomo-Arjona, E
dc.creatorSodá-Tamayo, L
dc.creatorMeza-Sulú, J
dc.creatorRamírez-Sierra, M
dc.creatorDumonteil, E
dc.creatorVidal-Martínez, V M
dc.creatorMachaín-Williams, C
dc.creatorOliveira, Daiana Santos de
dc.creatorReis, Mitermayer Galvão dos
dc.creatorCastro, M. A. Torres
dc.creatorRobles, M. R
dc.creatorHernández-Betancourt, S. F
dc.creatorCosta, Federico
dc.date2018-03-27T13:49:24Z
dc.date2018-03-27T13:49:24Z
dc.date2017
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-26T23:59:29Z
dc.date.available2023-09-26T23:59:29Z
dc.identifierPANTI-MAY, J. A. et al. A survey of zoonotic pathogens carried by house mouse and black rat populations in Yucatan, Mexico. Epidemiology Infection, v. 145, p. 2287–2295, 2017.
dc.identifier0950-2688
dc.identifierhttps://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/25519
dc.identifier10.1017/S0950268817001352
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8896302
dc.descriptionConsejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (grant numbers 2014-247005 and 2008-108929), the National Institutes of Health (R01 TW009504) and the Wellcome Trust (102330/Z/13/Z).
dc.descriptionThe house mouse (Mus musculus) and the black rat (Rattus rattus) are reservoir hosts for zoonotic pathogens, several of which cause neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). Studies of the prevalence of these NTD-causing zoonotic pathogens, in house mice and black rats from tropical residential areas are scarce. Three hundred and two house mice and 161 black rats were trapped in 2013 from two urban neighbourhoods and a rural village in Yucatan, Mexico, and subsequently tested for Trypanosoma cruzi, Hymenolepis diminuta and Leptospira interrogans. Using the polymerase chain reaction we detected T. cruzi DNA in the hearts of 4·9% (8/165) and 6·2% (7/113) of house mice and black rats, respectively. We applied the sedimentation technique to detect eggs of H. diminuta in 0·5% (1/182) and 14·2% (15/106) of house mice and black rats, respectively. Through the immunofluorescent imprint method, L. interrogans was identified in 0·9% (1/106) of rat kidney impressions. Our results suggest that the black rat could be an important reservoir for T. cruzi and H. diminuta in the studied sites. Further studies examining seasonal and geographical patterns could increase our knowledge on the epidemiology of these pathogens in Mexico and the risk to public health posed by rodents.
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherCambridge University Press
dc.rightsopen access
dc.subjectHymenolepis diminuta
dc.subjectLeptospira interrogans
dc.subjectRoedores sinantrópicos
dc.subjectTrypanosoma cruzi
dc.subjectMéxico
dc.subjectHymenolepis diminuta
dc.subjectLeptospira interrogans
dc.subjectSynanthropic rodents
dc.subjectTrypanosoma cruzi
dc.subjectMexico
dc.titleA survey of zoonotic pathogens carried by house mouse and black rat populations in Yucatan, Mexico
dc.typeArticle


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