PathogenicLeptospiraspp. in Bats, Madagascar and Union of the Comoros

Vanina Guernier,Steven M Goodman,Erwan Lagadec,Pablo Tortosa,Muriel Dietrich,Yann Gomard,Sarah Temmam,Beza Ramasindrazana,Koussay Dellagi,Hervé Pascalis

doi:10.3201/eid1810.111898

Abstract

Pathogenic<i>Leptospira</i>spp. in Bats, Madagascar and Union of the Comoros

Highlights

Most studies investigating wild-animal reservoirs of Leptospira spp. on the islands in the southwestern Indian Ocean have focused on small mammals that had been introduced to the islands [2,5], bats infected with pathogenic Leptospira spp. have been identified in other regions [6]
Of the 7 Leptospira spp. sequences obtained from bats in this study, 3 were closely related to L. borgpetersenii, 1 grouped with L. interrogans, and 3 were not associated with any described species (Figure)
L. interrogans and L. borgpetersenii were identified from R. obliviosus bats from the same cave in the Union of the Comoros, and the L. borgpetersenii sequence was closely related to that identified from the O. madagascariensis bats, which are endemic to Madagascar

Summary

Introduction

Pathogenic Leptospira spp. in Bats, Madagascar and Union of the No human case has been reported on the nearby islands of Madagascar and Union of the Comoros. Most studies investigating wild-animal reservoirs of Leptospira spp. on the islands in the southwestern Indian Ocean have focused on small mammals that had been introduced to the islands [2,5], bats infected with pathogenic Leptospira spp. have been identified in other regions [6].

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