First detection of Rickettsia helvetica in small mammals in Lithuania

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

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12259/35697

Type of publication:	Straipsnis Clarivate Web of Science (S1);Article in Clarivate Web of Science (S1)
Field of Science:	Biology (N010);Biologija (N010)
Author(s):	Paulauskas, Algimantas;Mardosaitė-Busaitienė, Dalytė;Balčiauskas, Linas;Radzijevskaja, Jana
Title:	First detection of Rickettsia helvetica in small mammals in Lithuania
Is part of:	New microbes and new infections. Oxford : Elsevier Ltd., 2018, Vol. 22
Extent:	p. 19-23
Date:	2018
Keywords:	Rickettsia helvetica;gltA gene;Shrews;Rodents
Abstract:	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
Internet:	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12259/35697 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nmni.2017.12.012 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12259/35697
Affiliation(s):	Aplinkotyros katedra Gamtos tyrimų centras Biologijos katedra Vytauto Didžiojo universitetas Gamtos mokslų fakultetas
Appears in Collections:	1. Straipsniai / Articles Universiteto mokslo publikacijos / University Research Publications