@article{fdi:010073600,
  title = {{L}eishmania major and {T}rypanosoma lewisi infection in invasive and native rodents in {S}enegal},
  author = {{C}assan, {C}{\'e}cile and {D}iagne, {C}hristophe {A}midi and {T}atard, {C}. and {G}authier, {P}hilippe and {D}alecky, {A}mbroise and {B}a, {K}. and {K}ane, {M}. and {N}iang, {Y}. and {D}iallo, {M}. and {S}ow, {A}. and {B}rouat, {C}arine and {B}anuls, {A}nne-{L}aure},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}ioinvasion is a major public health issue because it can lead to the introduction of pathogens in new areas and favours the emergence of zoonotic diseases. {R}odents are prominent invasive species, and act as reservoirs in many zoonotic infectious diseases. {T}he aim of this study was to determine the link between the distribution and spread of two parasite taxa ({L}eishmania spp. and {T}rypanosoma lewisi) and the progressive invasion of {S}enegal by two commensal rodent species (the house mouse {M}us musculus domesticus and the black rat {R}attus rattus). {M}. m. domesticus and {R}. rattus have invaded the northern part and the central/ southern part of the country, respectively. {N}ative and invasive rodents were caught in villages and cities along the invasion gradients of both invaders, from coastal localities towards the interior of the land. {M}olecular diagnosis of the two trypanosomatid infections was performed using spleen specimens. {I}n the north, neither {M}. m. domesticus nor the native species were carriers of these parasites. {C}onversely, in the south, 17.5% of {R}. rattus were infected by {L}. major and 27.8% by {T}. lewisi, while very few commensal native rodents were carriers. {P}revalence pattern along invasion gradients, together with the knowledge on the geographical distribution of the parasites, suggested that the presence of the two parasites in {R}. rattus in {S}enegal is of different origins. {I}ndeed, the invader {R}. rattus could have been locally infected by the native parasite {L}. major. {C}onversely, it could have introduced the exotic parasite {T}. lewisi in {S}enegal, the latter appearing to be poorly transmitted to native rodents. {A}ltogether, these data show that {R}. rattus is a carrier of both parasites and could be responsible for the emergence of new foci of cutaneous leishmaniasis, or for the transmission of atypical human trypanosomiasis in {S}enegal.},
  keywords = {{SENEGAL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{PL}o{S} {N}eglected {T}ropical {D}iseases},
  volume = {12},
  numero = {6},
  pages = {e0006615 [21 p.]},
  ISSN = {1935-2735},
  year = {2018},
  DOI = {10.1371/journal.pntd.0006615},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010073600},
}