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Volume 28, Number 4—April 2022
Dispatch

Zoonotic Pathogens in Wildlife Traded in Markets for Human Consumption, Laos

Pruksa Nawtaisong1, Matthew T. Robinson1Comments to Author , Khongsy Khammavong, Phonesavanh Milavong, Audrey Rachlin2, Sabine Dittrich3, Audrey Dubot-Pérès, Malavanh Vongsouvath, Paul F. Horwood4, Philippe Dussart5, Watthana Theppangna, Bounlom Douangngeum, Amanda E. Fine, Mathieu Pruvot6, and Paul N. Newton6
Author affiliations: Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit, Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, Laos (P. Nawtaisong, M.T. Robinson, A. Rachlin, S. Dittrich, A. Dubot-Pérès, M. Vongsouvath, P.N. Newton); University of Oxford Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Oxford, UK (M.T. Robinson, S. Dittrich, A. Dubot-Pérès, P.N. Newton); Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, USA (K. Khammavong, P. Milavong, A.E. Fine, M. Pruvot); Unité des Virus Émergents (UVE) Aix-Marseille Univ-IRD 190-Inserm 1207),; Marseille, France (A. Dubot-Pérès); Institut Pasteur du Cambodge, Phnom Penh, Cambodia (P.F. Horwood, P. Dussart); National Animal Health Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Vientiane (W. Theppangna, B. Douangngeum); University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (M. Pruvot)

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Table 2

Zoonotic pathogens detected and animal species and sample types that tested positive in wildlife collected from POFI sites*

Organism No. positive/no. tested
 Sequencing identity match, %†
Animals Species Samples Sample types
Leptospira spp. 9/35 Callosciurus finlaysonii squirrel, 1/1 46/256 SPL, 17/69 NA
Callosciurus erythraeus squirrel, 4/17 KID, 14/91
Callosciurus inornatus squirrel, 2/6 LIV, 14/92
Petaurista philippensis flying squirrel, 1/5 BLD, 1/3
Catopuma temminckii cat, 1/1
Orientia tsutsugamushi
 2/34
 C. erythraeus squirrel, 2/17
 2/252
 SPL, 2/252
 NA
Rickettsia spp. 12/35 C. erythraeus squirrel, 5/17 70/252 LIV, 30/92 NA
P. philippensis flying squirrel, 2/5 KID, 25/91
C. inornatus squirrel, 2/6 SPL, 15/69
Paradoxurus hermaphroditus civet, 1/2
Catopuma temminckii cat, 1/1
Ratufa bicolor squirrel, 1/1
Rickettsia conorii†
 1/35
 P. philippensis flying squirrel, 1/5
 1/252
 LIV, 1/92
 99
R. felis† 1/35 C. erythraeus squirrel, 1/17 2/252 LIV, 1/92 98
SPL, 1/69
R. typhi 6/35 C. erythraeus squirrel, 6/17 7/252 KID, 4/91 NA
LIV, 2/92
SPL, 1/69
Anaplasmataceae 1/34 C. erythraeus squirrel, 1/17 3/252 KID, 2/91 NA
SPL, 1/69
Anaplasma bovis† 1/34 C. erythraeus squirrel, 1/17 7/252 KID, 1/91 99.7–100
LIV, 3/92
SPL, 3/69
A. phagocytophilum† 2/34  Catopuma temminckii cat, 1/1 4/252 KID, 2/91 98–99
P. philippensis flying squirrel, 1/4
SPL, 2/69
Ehrlichia spp./E. chaffeensis†
 1/34  Unknown Muridae rat, 1/1 1/252 SPL, 1/69 97 (Ehrlichia spp.)
97 (E. chaffeensis)
Kurthia populi†
 1/34
 C. erythraeus squirrel, 1/17
 1/252
 LIV, 1/92
 98
Lactococcus garvieae† 1/34 C. erythraeus squirrel, 1/17 1/252 SPL, 1/69 99

*BLD, blood; KID, kidney; LIV, liver; NA, not applicable; POFI, Provincial Office of Forestry Inspection; SPL, spleen; URI, urine; URO, urogenital swab. †Organism identified by sequencing of PCR products and identity match given in righthand column. All nucleotide sequences were submitted to GenBank under accession nos. MW407963–MW407984 and MW411434–MW411439.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

2Current affiliation: Menzies School of Health Research, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.

3Current affiliation: Campus Biotech, Geneva, Switzerland; University of Oxford Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Oxford, UK.

4Current affiliation: James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.

5Current affiliation: Institut Pasteur de Madagascar, Antananarivo, Madagascar.

6These authors contributed equally to this article.

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