Rodentlerde yaygın bir zoonotik etken: Bartonella

Zoonotik etkenlerin konakçı türlerinin belirlenmesi, ortaya çıkabilecek hastalıkların kontrol altına alınmasındaoldukça önem arz eder. Yapılan çalışmalar, kemirgenlerin bakteriyel ve viral bulaşıcı mikroorganizmaların eko-epidemiyolojisinde önemli rol oynadığı göstermiştir. Bunlar arasında kemirgenlerin doğal rezervurları veya konakçılarıolduğu Bartonella türleri de yer almaktadır. Bartonella spp. gibi göz ardı edilebilen patojenlerin izlenmesi ve epidemiyolojik çalışmalar yapılması önemlidir. Zoonotik özelliği ile halk sağlığı yönünden risk oluşturabilecek olan buetkenin ülkemizde rodentlerde takibi göz ardı edilmiş veya çok az irdelenmiş durumdadır. Bu çalışmada, rodentlerdeBartonella spp.’nin Real-time PCR yöntemi ile araştırılması amaçlandı. Türkiye’nin beş farklı yerleşim biriminden kapan ile yakalanan 41 rodente (ev faresi, lağım sıçanı, tarla faresi, kör fare) ait dalak örneğinde Bartonella spp. varlığıReal-time PCR ile araştırıldı. Real-time PCR sonucu incelenen rodent dalak örneklerinden 6’sı (%14,63) Bartonellaspp. yönünden pozitif bulundu. Bartonella pozitifliği açısından örneklem lokasyonları arasında istatistiksel anlamsaptanmadı (P> 0,05). Sonuç olarak, yabani kemirgenlerin hastalığın olası bulaşı açısından rezervuar olarak önemarz ettikleri ve bu alanda daha fazla çalışmaya ihtiyaç olduğu kanaatine varıldı

A common zoonotic agent in rodents: Bartonella

Identifying the host types of zoonotic agents is one of the keys to controlling emerging infectious diseases. Studies have shown that rodents play an important role in the eco-epidemiology of bacterial and viral infectious agents. At the same time, rodents are natural reservoirs of Bartonella spp. It is important to monitor negligible pathogens such as Bartonella spp. especially in rodents that act as hosts and reservoirs, and to conduct epidemiological studies. This microorganism, which may pose a risk in terms of public health with its zoonotic feature, a limited number of studies have been conducted in our country on the detection of Bartonella spp. In this study, existence of Bartonella spp. was investigated by Real-time PCR method in 41 spleen samples of rodent (house mouse, field mouse, sewer rat, blind mouse) collected with trap from five different settlements of Turkey. A total number of six (14.63%) rodent spleen samples studied with the Real-time PCR were found positive for Bartonella spp. There was no statistical significance among sample locations in terms of Bartonella positivity. As a result of our study, it was concluded that wild rodent species can be considered as possible reservoirs in the transmission of the disease and further studies are needed in this area.

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