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Published on: June 14, 2024
Detection of Leptospira species in bat cadavers, Czech and Slovak Republics
Veronika Seidlova1,2, Petra Straková3, Romana Kejíková1
1Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Czech Academy of Sciences v.v.i., Brno, Czech Republic.
Abstract:
Kidney samples from 300 bat cadavers from the Czech and Slovak Republics were tested for Leptospira DNA using PCR and sequencing of three genes (lipL32, flab, and 16S ribosomal RNA). Overall detection rate was 4.7% and two bat species (Myotis myotis and Nyctalus noctula) were PCR-positive for at least one gene. Detected Leptospira sequences were similar to L. interrogans and L. borgpetersenii, and included a potentially novel species related to L. weilii.

