Molecular survey on zoonotic tick—borne bacteria and chlamydiae in feral pigeons(Columba livia domestica)

作     者：Valentina Virginia Ebani Fabrizio Bertelloni Paolo Mani 

作者机构：Department of Veterinary ScienceUniversity of Pisa 

出 版 物：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine》 (亚太热带医药杂志（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2016年第9卷第4期

页      面：316-319页

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学科分类：090601[农学-基础兽医学] 09[农学] 0906[农学-兽医学] 

基　　金：The present research was carried out with funds from the University of Pisa 

主　　题：Pigeon(Columba livia domestica) Tick-borne bacteria Chlamydophila psittaci PCR 

摘      要：Objective;To determine the presence of zoonotic tick-borne bacteria in feral pigeons(Columba lixia domestica) from urban ***:Spleen samples from 84 feral pigeons,found dead with traumatic injuries in urban areas,were examined by PCR to detect DNA of Anaplasma phagocytophilum,Bartonella spp.,Borrelia burgdorferi sensu *** *** spp.,and Chlamydnphila ***:Twenty(23.8%) pigeons were infected by tick-borne agents,in particular 2(2.38%) animals resulted positive for Bartonella spp.,5(5.95%) for Coxiella burnetii.5(5.95%) for Rickettsia spp.,13(15.47%) for Borrelia burgdorferi sensu *** birds scored negative for anaplasma ***,17(20.23%) pigeons were positive for Chlamydophila *** among them 10(11.9%) for Chlamydophila psittaci,Mixed infections by two or three agents were detected in 8(9.52%) ***:Feral pigeons living in urban and periurban areas are a hazard for the human health as source of several *** obtained results confirm pigeons as reservoirs of chlamydial agents and suggest that they may be involved in the epidemiology of zoonotic tick-borne infections too.