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Abstract：
Three species of white-toothed shrews of the order Eulipotyphla are present in central Europe: the bicolored (Crocidura leucodon), greater (Crocidura russula) and lesser (Crocidura suaveolens) white-toothed shrews. Their precise distribution in Germany is ill-defined and little is known about them as reservoirs for zoonotic pathogens (Leptospira spp., Coxiella burnetii, Brucella spp., Anaplasma phagocytophilum, Babesia spp., Neoehrlichia mikurensis and Bartonella spp.). We investigated 372 Crocidura spp. from Germany (n = 341), Austria (n = 18), Luxembourg (n = 2) and Slovakia (n = 11). West European hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) were added to compare the presence of pathogens in co-occurring insectivores. Crocidura russula were distributed mainly in western and C. suaveolens mainly in north-eastern Germany. Crocidura leucodon occurred in overlapping ranges with the other shrews. Leptospira spp. DNA was detected in 28/227 C. russula and 2/78 C. leucodon samples. Further characterization revealed that Leptospira kirschneri had a sequence type (ST) 100. Neoehrlichia mikurensis DNA was detected in spleen tissue from 2/213 C. russula samples. Hedgehogs carried DNA from L. kirschneri (ST 100), L. interrogans (ST 24), A. phagocytophilum and two Bartonella species. This study improves the knowledge of the current distribution of Crocidura shrews and identifies C. russula as carrier of Leptospira kirschneri. However, shrews seem to play little-to-no role in the circulation of the arthropod-borne pathogens investigated.
摘要：
中欧存在三种Eulipotyphla类白齿sh：双色（Crociduraleucodon），较大的（Crocidurarussula）和较小的（Crocidurasuaveolens）白齿sh。它们在德国的精确分布不明确，人们对它们作为人畜共患病原体的储库知之甚少（钩端螺旋体属。,伯内蒂柯西拉,布鲁氏菌属。,吞噬体，巴贝西亚。,新里希菌和巴尔通菌。).我们调查了372个Crociduraspp。来自德国（n=341），奥地利（n=18），卢森堡（n=2）和斯洛伐克（n=11）。添加了西欧刺猬（Erinaceuseuropaeus），以比较共存食虫中病原体的存在。红豆杉主要分布在德国东北部的西部和C.suaveolens。Crociduralekypodon发生在与其他she重叠的范围内。钩端螺旋体。在28/227C.russula和2/78C.leucodon样品中检测到DNA。进一步的表征显示，克氏钩端螺旋体具有序列类型（ST）100。在来自2/213C.russula样品的脾组织中检测到新的mikurensisDNA。刺猬携带来自L.kirschneri（ST100）的DNA，L.审讯者(ST24)，吞噬细胞和两个巴尔通体。这项研究提高了对Crocidura的当前分布的了解，并确定了C.russula是钩端螺旋体的载体。然而,sh似乎在所研究的节肢动物传播的病原体的循环中几乎没有作用。
