Your browser doesn't support javascript.
loading
Show: 20 | 50 | 100
Results 1 - 2 de 2
Filter
Add more filters










Database
Language
Publication year range
1.
Emerg Microbes Infect ; 9(1): 1429-1431, 2020 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32525459

ABSTRACT

During an ongoing virome metagenomics project we identified hepatitis C virus (HCV) in a pool of recently blood-fed common bed bug (Cimex lectularius) nymphs sampled from domestic residences in Europe. Additional PCR and genomic analysis revealed that the virus was a member of HCV genotype 3A, one of the most prevalent genotypes in Europe. Although the role of the common bed bug in the transmission of human hepatitis viruses remains unclear, our study suggests that it merits additional investigation.


Subject(s)
Bedbugs/virology , Hepacivirus/isolation & purification , Animals , Europe , Genotype , Hepacivirus/genetics , Hepatitis C/transmission , Hepatitis C/virology , Humans , Phylogeny
2.
Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis ; 15(12): 779-81, 2015 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26579782

ABSTRACT

Leptospirosis is an emerging zoonosis of global concern; however, its contemporary occurrence in Sweden, a European country partly located north of the Arctic Circle, is poorly known. Four out of 30 brown rats, captured within urban districts in Sweden, were found to be positive for antibodies to Leptospira interrogans serovar Icterohaemorrhagiae. This serovar causes Weil's disease in humans, a severe infection with jaundice, renal failure, and hemorrhage. Our study is the first finding of this highly pathogenic serovar in Swedish rats since the 1930s.


Subject(s)
Antibodies, Bacterial/blood , Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae/pathogenicity , Leptospirosis/microbiology , Rodent Diseases/microbiology , Weil Disease/microbiology , Animals , Cities , Humans , Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae/immunology , Leptospira interrogans serovar icterohaemorrhagiae/isolation & purification , Leptospirosis/epidemiology , Rats , Rodent Diseases/epidemiology , Sweden/epidemiology , Weil Disease/epidemiology , Zoonoses
SELECTION OF CITATIONS
SEARCH DETAIL
...