High Prevalence and Species Diversity of Helicobacter spp. Detected in Wild House Mice |
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| Authors: | Wasimuddin Dagmar ?í?ková Josef Bryja Jana Albrechtová Heidi C. Hauffe Jaroslav Piálek |
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| Affiliation: | aInstitute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Brno, Czech Republic;bDepartment of Biodiversity and Molecular Ecology, Research and Innovation Centre, Fondazione Edmund Mach, S. Michele all''Adige, Italy |
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| Abstract: | PCR diagnostics detected 100% prevalence of Helicobacter in 425 wild house mice (Mus musculus) from across central Europe. Of seven species identified, the five most frequent were Helicobacter rodentium (78%), H. typhlonius (53%), H. hepaticus (41%), H. bilis (30%), and H. muridarum (1%). Double infections were more common (42%) than single (30%) and triple (21%) infections. Wild house mice could be considered potential reservoirs of Helicobacter strains for both humans and other vertebrates. |
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