Pneumocystis carinii and pneumocystis wakefieldiae in wild rattus norvegicus trapped in Thailand | Pneumocystis carinii et Pneumocystis wakefieldiae dans des populations sauvages de Rattus norvegicus en Thaïlande
2010
Chabé, M. | Herbreteau, V. | Hugot, J.P. | Bouzard, N. | Deruyter, L. | Morand, S. | Dei Cas, E. | Université de Lille | Institut Pasteur de Lille ; Pasteur Network (Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur) | Territoires, Environnement, Télédétection et Information Spatiale (UMR TETIS) ; Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-AgroParisTech-Centre national du machinisme agricole, du génie rural, des eaux et forêts (CEMAGREF) | Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) | Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (MNHN) | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. This work reports for the first time the presence of two Pneumocystis species in wild Rattus norvegicus specimens from Thailand. Pneumocystis DNA was detected in 57.7% (15/26) wild rats without apparent association with typical pneumocystosis. Pneumocystis carinii was found alone in five rats (19.2%), Pneumocystis wakefieldiae was detected alone in six rats (23.1%), and two rats were infected by both species (7.7%). In addition, a new P. wakefieldiae variant sequence has been identified in three wild R. norvegicus specimens caught in the same geographical area. The high frequency of Pneumocystis in wild rats documented in this study and the apparent scarcity of severe pneumocystosis were consistent with an efficient circulation of rat Pneumocystis species in ecosystems.
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