First detection of Rickettsia helvetica in small mammals in Lithuania

Mardosaitė-Busaitienė, Dalytė; Radzijevskaja, Jana; Balčiauskas, Linas; Paulauskas, Algimantas

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First detection of Rickettsia helvetica in small mammals in Lithuania

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Straipsnis Scopus duomenų bazėje / Article in Scopus database (S1b)

Author(s)

Author	Affiliation
Mardosaitė-Busaitienė, Dalytė	Aplinkotyros katedra / Department of Environmental Sciences	LT
Radzijevskaja, Jana	Biologijos katedra / Department of Biology	LT
Balčiauskas, Linas	Gamtos tyrimų centras	LT
Paulauskas, Algimantas	Biologijos katedra / Department of Biology	LT

Title

First detection of Rickettsia helvetica in small mammals in Lithuania

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New microbes and new infections. Oxford : Elsevier Ltd., 2018, Vol. 22

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Date
2018

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Oxford : Elsevier Ltd

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p. 19-23

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https://www.vdu.lt/cris/bitstream/20.500.12259/35697/1/ISSN2052-2975_2018_V_22.PG_19-23.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2017.12.012
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12259/35697

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Abstract (en)

A total of 489 small mammals belonging to seven species captured in Lithuania during 2013–2014 were investigated for Rickettsia pathogens. The overall prevalence of Rickettsia spp. was 27.6%, with a higher prevalence detected in Micromys minutus (45.9%), followed by Apodemus flavicollis (29.4%), Sorex araneus (25%) and Myodes glareolus (23.7%). Sequence analysis of the gltA gene and the 17 kDa protein coding gene revealed the presence Rickettsia helvetica. This study demonstrates not only the first reported presence of R. helvetica in small mammals in Lithuania but also the first report of R. helvetica in M. minutus more generally.