Rodent Species Diversity and Occurrence of Leishmania in Northeastern Iran

• Autorzy: Motevalli-Haghi Seyed Farzad , Ozbaki Ghorban Mohammad , Hosseini-Vasoukolaei Nasibeh , Nikookar Seyed Hassan , Dehghan Omid , Yazdani-Charati Jamshid , Siahsarvie Roohollah , Dehbandi Reza , Fazeli-Dinan Mahmoud , Enayati Ahmadali

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.3161/15052249PJE2021.69.1.006

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The aim of the current study was to survey the species diversity and Leishmania infection of rodents in the Gonbad -e- Kavoos City and County, northeastern Iran, during 2018-2019. Totally, 20 rural and four urban areas endemic for leishmaniasis were selected and visited monthly. Rodent species diversity indices were calculated in different spatial and temporal scales. Species richness was also calculated using rarefaction curves to estimate the number of species in unequal sample sizes. A total of 167 rodents belonging to 7 species, 6 genera, and 2 families were collected. Rattus rattus (34.7%) and Rattus norvegicus (18.6%) were identified as dominant species. The largest Margalef and Menhinick species richness (D_Mg = 1.55; D_Mn = 1.01) and the highest value of the Shannon index (H′ = 1.71) were observed in rural areas. Seasonal abundance of the rodents varied among species and showed that the highest richness (D_Mg = 1.27; D_Mn = 0.65) occurred in spring and the highest value of Shannon index (H′ = 1.72) was noted in summer. Rarefaction curves confirmed that the highest species richness occurred in summer and spring in the rural area. Seasonal fluctuations of R. rattus and R. norvegicus have a significant impact on the changes in rodent species diversity. Investigations of Leishmania infection showed that amastigote forms of Leishmania were observed in 15.4% of smears taken from Rhombomys opimus and Meriones libycus and examined under the light microscope. The highest rate of Leishmania infection was observed during the summer.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Gonbad -e- Kavoos; Leishmania; rarefaction; rodents; species diversity

PL

Gonbad -e- Kavoos; Leishmania; Leiszmania; choroba tropikalna; pierwotniaki Leishmana; rozrzedzenie; gryzonie; różnorodność gatunkowa

• Wydawca: Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Ecology
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: Vol. 69, nr 1
• Strony: 57--70
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 43 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Motevalli-Haghi Seyed Farzad

• Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, Health Sciences Research Center, Addiction Institute, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

autor

Ozbaki Ghorban Mohammad

• Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, Health Sciences Research Center, Addiction Institute, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran
• Gonbad -e- Kavoos Health Center, Infectious Diseases Unit, Gonbad -e- Kavoos, Golestan, Iran

autor

Hosseini-Vasoukolaei Nasibeh

• Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, Health Sciences Research Center, Addiction Institute, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

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Nikookar Seyed Hassan

• Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, Health Sciences Research Center, Addiction Institute, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

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Dehghan Omid

• Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, Health Sciences Research Center, Addiction Institute, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

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Yazdani-Charati Jamshid

• Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Health Sciences Research Center, Addiction Institute, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

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Siahsarvie Roohollah

• Department of Biology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

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Dehbandi Reza

• Department of Environmental Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

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Fazeli-Dinan Mahmoud

• Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, Health Sciences Research Center, Addiction Institute, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

autor

Enayati Ahmadali

• Department of Medical Entomology and Vector Control, Health Sciences Research Center, Addiction Institute, Faculty of Health, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran

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