Low, Matthew
- Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Abstract
The alpine ecosystems and communities of central Asia are currently undergoing large-scale ecological and socio-ecological changes likely to affect wildlife-livestock-human disease interactions and zoonosis transmission risk. However, relatively little is known about the prevalence of pathogens in this region. Between 2012 and 2015 we screened 142 rodents in Mongolia’s Gobi desert for exposure to important zoonotic and livestock pathogens. Rodent seroprevalence to Leptospira spp. was >1/3 of tested animals, Toxoplasma gondii and Coxiella burnetii approximately 1/8 animals, and the hantaviruses being between 1/20 (Puumala-like hantavirus) and
Keywords
Rodent; zoonoses; leptospira; hantavirus; haematology; Mongolia
Published in
Infection Ecology & Epidemiology
2023, volume: 13, number: 1, article number: 2270258
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Ecology
Public Health, Global Health and Social Medicine
Epidemiology
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/20008686.2023.2270258
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/128114