THE OCCURRENCE OF COXIELLOSIS AMONG RODENTS AND SHREWS IN THE TARAI AREA OF UTTAR PRADESH
- 1 January 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wildlife Disease Association in Journal of Wildlife Diseases
- Vol. 15 (1) , 11-14
- https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-15.1.11
Abstract
Rodents and shrews were screened for serologic evidence of Coxiella burnetii. Attempts wre made to isolate the organism from the spleen and liver. Seroreactors: total positive/total tested (% positive), in rats (Rattus rattus, R. norvegicus), ground shrews (Suncus murinus), bandicoots (Bandicota indica, B. bengalensis) and the house mouse (Mus musculus), respectively, were 13/105 (12.38), 6/42 (14.3), 2/15 (13.3) and 1/7 (14.3). Of the 8 rickettsial isolates recovered including 4 from field and household rats, 3 from ground shrew and 1 from bandicoots, only 3 comprising 1 each from rat, shrew and bandicoot, could be typed as C. burnetii. This appears to be the first record of rodents and an insectivore as reservoirs of C. burnetii in India.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: