Author(s):
Correia dos Santos, Leonilda ; Vidotto, Odilon ; dos Santos, Nelson Jessé Rodrigues ; Ribeiro, Juliano ; Pellizzaro, Maysa ; dos Santos, Andrea Pires ; Haisi, Amanda [UNESP] ; Wischral Jayme Vieira, Thállitha Samih ; de Barros Filho, Ivan Roque ; Cubilla, Michelle Pires ; Araujo, João Pessoa [UNESP] ; da Costa Vieira, Rafael Felipe ; Ullmann, Leila Sabrina [UNESP] ; Biondo, Alexander Welker
Date: 2020
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/198379
Origin: Oasisbr
Subject(s): Bats; Infectious diseases; Mycoplasma spp.; Neotropical; One health; Zoonoses
Description
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Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
Hemotropic mycoplasmas (hemoplasmas) are bacteria distributed worldwide and affect domestic and wildlife animals and human beings. Hemoplasmas have been described infecting hematophagous and non-hematophagous bats; however, transmission risk and zoonotic potential in vampire bats remain to be fully established. This study aimed to evaluate the presence of hemotropic mycoplasma species in free-ranging bats from this area using a universal PCR protocol for hemoplasmas. Accordingly, ten blood samples were collected from six male common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus), two male hairy-legged vampire bats (Diphylla ecaudata), and two female non-hematophagous Pallas's mastiff bats (Molossus sp.) from the Curitiba's region, Paraná State, Southern Brazil. A total of eight (8/10) blood samples were positive byconventional PCR; five (5/6) Desmodus rotundus, two (2/2) Diphylla ecaudata, and one (1/2) Molossus sp. bats. The analyses of the partial sequence of the 16S rDNA gene suggest that the hemoplasma detected in Desmodus rotundus in South Brazil has a high identity compared to the hemoplasma circulating in vampire bats from Central and South America.
Engineering and Exact Sciences Center Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná
Department of Veterinary Medicine Universidade Federal do Paraná, R. dos Funcionários, 1540
Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine Universidade Estadual de Londrina
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology Universidade Federal do Paraná, Av. Cel. Francisco H. dos Santos, s/n
Department of Comparative Pathobiology College of Veterinary Medicine Purdue University
Biotechnology Institute Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Al. das Tecomarias, s/n, Chácara Capão Bonito
Biotechnology Institute Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Al. das Tecomarias, s/n, Chácara Capão Bonito
FAPESP: 2014/23159-8
