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Biblioteca(s): | Embrapa Pantanal.
Data corrente: | 30/05/2017
Data da última atualização: | 31/05/2017
Autoria: | FERREIRA, E. de C.; PEREIRA, A. A. S.; SILVEIRA, M.; MARGONARI, C.; MARCONA, G. E. B.; FRANÇA, A. de O.; CASTRO, L. S.; BORDIGNON, M. O.; FISCHER, E.; TOMAS, W. M.; DORVAL, M. E. C.; GONTIJO, C. M. F.
Afiliação: | EDUARDO DE CASTRO FERREIRA, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Mato Grosso do Sul; AGNES ANTÔNIO SAMPAIO PEREIRA, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; MAURÍCIO SILVEIRA, Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul; CARINA MARGONARI, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz; GLAUCIA ELISETE BARBOSA MARCONA, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Mato Grosso do Sul; ADRIANA DE OLIVEIRA FRANÇA, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul; LUDIELE SOUZA CASTRO, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul; MARCELO OSCAR BORDIGNON, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul; ERICH FISCHER, Centro de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul; WALFRIDO MORAES TOMAS, CPAP; MARIA ELIZABETH CAVALHEIROS DORVAL, Laboratório de Parasitologia Clínica, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul; CÉLIA MARIA FERREIRA GONTIJO, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz.
Título: | Leishmania (V.) braziliensis infecting bats from Pantanal wetland, Brazil: First records for Platyrrhinus lineatus and Artibeus planirostris.
Ano de publicação: | 2017
Fonte/Imprenta: | Acta Tropica, v. 172, p. 217-222, 2017.
Idioma: | Português
Conteúdo: | In the New World genus Leishmania parasites are etiological agents of neglected zoonoses known as leishmaniasis. Its epidemiology is very complex due to the participation of several species of sand fly vectors and mammalian hosts, and man is an accidental host. Control is very difficult because of the different epidemiological patterns of transmission observed. Studies about Leishmania spp. infection in bats are so scarce, which represents a large gap in knowledge about the role of these animals in the transmission cycle of these pathogens, especially when considering that Chiroptera is one of the most abundant and diverse orders among mammals. Leishmaniasis in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil are remarkably frequent, probably due to the abundance of its regional mastofauna. The recent record of L. braziliensis in bats from this state indicates the need to clarify the role of these mammals in the transmission cycle. In this study we evaluated the presence of Leishmania parasites in the skin of different species of bats, using PCR directed to Leishmania spp. kDNA for screening followed by PCR/RFLP analysis of the hsp70 gene for the identification of parasite species. Leishmania species identification was confirmed by PCR directed to the G6PD gene of L. braziliensis, followed by sequencing of the PCR product. Samples from 47 bats were processed, of which in three specimens (6.38%) was detected the presence of Leishmania sp. kDNA. PCR/RFLP and equencing identified the species involved in the infection as L. braziliensis in all of them. This is the first report of Leishmania braziliensis in bats from Pantanal ecosystem and the first record of this species in Platyrrhinus lineatus and Artibeus planirostris, bats with a wide distribution in South America. These results reinforce the need to deepen the knowledge about the possibility of bats act as reservoirs of Leishmania spp. especially considering their ability of dispersion and occupation of anthropic environment.
Thesagro: | Leishmaniose; Morcego.
Thesaurus Nal: | Chiroptera; Leishmania braziliensis.
Categoria do assunto: | L Ciência Animal e Produtos de Origem Animal
Registro original: | Embrapa Pantanal (CPAP)
Exemplares: | CPAP - (59915-1) - UPC - AP - DD - SP18430 -  - 18430 - DIS