Molecular Detection of <i>Leptospira interrogans</i> and <i>Borrelia burgdorferi</i> in Wild Rodents from Mexico
Jorge J. Rodríguez‐Rojas, Ángel Rodríguez-Moreno, Rosa Sánchez‐Casas, Jesús Jaime Hernández-Escareño
Abstract
Leptospirosis and Lyme borreliosis are zoonotic emerging diseases of global importance and wide distribution. The aim of this study was to detect by molecular testing to Leptospira interrogans and Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in wild rodents from Nuevo Leon, Quintana Roo, and Campeche, Mexico. This study is the first in report to Chaetodipus nelsoni , Dipodomys merriami , and Peromyscus eremicus infected with L. interrogans in Mexico. Besides, Chaetodipus hispidus , Heteromys gaumeri , Heteromys irroratus , Neotoma micropus , Peromyscus leucopus , Peromyscus maniculatus , and Sigmodon hispidus infected with B. burgdorferi s . l . in Mexico. Also, is the first report in identify coinfection of L. interrogans and B. burgdorferi s . l . in wild rodents such as H. irroratus and S. hispidus in Nuevo Leon, and H. gaumeri in Quintana Roo, Mexico. These wild rodent species infected represent a risk factor for the exposed population in these sylvatic and rural areas of Mexico.