In search of pathogenic Leptospira species in Myotis and other vesper bats, Russia

Alex Lintu Viskontene¹, Ekaterina V Radyuk², Oleg A Shapkin³, Evgeniy A Khizhkin⁴, Victoria P Bulanenko⁵, Yana A Voytsekhovskaya⁶, Sergey G Medvedev⁷, Lyudmila S Karan⁸

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¹ Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia; Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: Alex.viskontene@gmail.com.
² Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: radyuk@cmd.su.
³ Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Electronic address: oshpkn@gmail.com.
⁴ Institute of Biology of the Karelian Research Centre RAS, Petrozavodsk, Russia. Electronic address: hizhkin84@mail.ru.
⁵ Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: bulanenko@cmd.su.
⁶ Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: voytsehovskaya@cmd.su.
⁷ Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Electronic address: SMedvedev@zin.ru.
⁸ Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: lskaran@mail.ru.

PMID: 39730114
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107506

In search of pathogenic Leptospira species in Myotis and other vesper bats, Russia

Alex Lintu Viskontene et al. Acta Trop. 2025 Feb.

. 2025 Feb:262:107506.

doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107506. Epub 2024 Dec 25.

Authors

Alex Lintu Viskontene¹, Ekaterina V Radyuk², Oleg A Shapkin³, Evgeniy A Khizhkin⁴, Victoria P Bulanenko⁵, Yana A Voytsekhovskaya⁶, Sergey G Medvedev⁷, Lyudmila S Karan⁸

Affiliations

¹ Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia; Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: Alex.viskontene@gmail.com.
² Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: radyuk@cmd.su.
³ Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Electronic address: oshpkn@gmail.com.
⁴ Institute of Biology of the Karelian Research Centre RAS, Petrozavodsk, Russia. Electronic address: hizhkin84@mail.ru.
⁵ Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: bulanenko@cmd.su.
⁶ Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: voytsehovskaya@cmd.su.
⁷ Zoological Institute of Russian Academy of Sciences, Saint Petersburg, Russia. Electronic address: SMedvedev@zin.ru.
⁸ Central Research Institute of Epidemiology, Moscow, Russia. Electronic address: lskaran@mail.ru.

PMID: 39730114
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2024.107506

Abstract

Various bat species worldwide have been identified as Leptospira carriers, especially in tropical regions. In this study, we investigated the infection of Vespertilionidae bats by pathogenic Leptospira in north-west Russia. Out of 264 bats from 13 species, the urine of 24 specimens tested positive according to a polymerase chain reaction test. The infected species were exclusively Myotis bats: M. brandtii (1/56; 1.8 %); M. dasycneme (9/40; 22.5 %); and M. daubentonii (14/47; 29.8 %). The detected Leptospira strains were similar to L. kirschneri and L. borgpetersenii.

Keywords: Bats; Leptospira; Myotis dasycneme; Myotis daubentonii; Non-invasive sampling; Reservoirs.

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Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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