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Zoonotic vector-borne bacterial pathogens in California mountain lions (Puma concolor), 1987-2010.
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Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) [Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis] 2012 Nov; Vol. 12 (11), pp. 913-21. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Aug 27. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Sera collected from 442 mountain lions in 48 California counties between the years of 1987 and 2010 were tested using immunofluorescence assays and agglutination tests for the presence of antibodies reactive to Yersinia pestis, Francisella tularensis, Bartonella henselae, Borrelia burgdorferi, and Anaplasma phagocytophilum antigens. Data were analyzed for spatial and temporal trends in seropositivity. Seroprevalences for B. burgdorferi (19.9%) and B. henselae (37.1%) were relatively high, with the highest exposure in the Central Coast region for B. henselae. B. henselae DNA amplified in mountain lion samples was genetically similar to human-derived Houston-1 and domestic cat-derived U4 B. henselae strains at the gltA and ftsZ loci. The statewide seroprevalences of Y. pestis (1.4%), F. tularensis (1.4%), and A. phagocytophilum (5.9%), were comparatively low. Sera from Y. pestis- and F. tularensis-seropositive mountain lions were primarily collected in the Eastern and Western Sierra Nevada, and samples reactive to Y. pestis antigen were collected exclusively from adult females. Adult age (≥ 2 years) was a risk factor for B. burgdorferi exposure. Over 70% of tested animals were killed on depredation permits, and therefore were active near areas with livestock and human residential communities. Surveillance of mountain lions for these bacterial vector-borne and zoonotic agents may be informative to public health authorities, and the data are useful for detecting enzootic and peridomestic pathogen transmission patterns, particularly in combination with molecular characterization of the infecting organisms.
- Subjects :
- Anaplasma phagocytophilum immunology
Animals
Bartonella Infections microbiology
Bartonella Infections transmission
Bartonella Infections veterinary
Bartonella henselae immunology
Borrelia burgdorferi immunology
California epidemiology
DNA, Bacterial chemistry
DNA, Bacterial genetics
Ehrlichiosis microbiology
Ehrlichiosis transmission
Ehrlichiosis veterinary
Female
Francisella tularensis immunology
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections microbiology
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections transmission
Humans
Livestock
Lyme Disease microbiology
Lyme Disease transmission
Lyme Disease veterinary
Plague microbiology
Plague transmission
Plague veterinary
Risk Factors
Seroepidemiologic Studies
Tick-Borne Diseases microbiology
Tick-Borne Diseases transmission
Yersinia pestis immunology
Zoonoses transmission
Antibodies, Bacterial blood
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections veterinary
Puma microbiology
Tick-Borne Diseases veterinary
Zoonoses microbiology
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1557-7759
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 11
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22925024
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2011.0858