Autor(es):
Kluyber, Danilo ; Desbiez, Arnaud L. J. ; Attias, Nina ; Massocato, Gabriel F. ; Gennari, Solange M. ; Soares, Herbert S. ; Bagagli, Eduardo [UNESP] ; Bosco, Sandra M. G. [UNESP] ; Garcés, Hans G. [UNESP] ; Ferreira, Jessica da S. ; Fontes, Amanda N.B ; Suffys, Philip N. ; Meireles, Luciana R. ; Jansen, Ana M. ; Luna, Expedito J.A. ; Roque, André L. R.
Data: 2021
Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/208055
Origem: Oasisbr
Assunto(s): Cingulata; Leishmania sp.; Mycobacterium leprae; Paracoccidioides brasiliensis; Toxoplasma gondii; Trypanosoma cruzi
Descrição
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Armadillos are specialist diggers and their burrows are used to find food, seek shelter and protect their pups. These burrows can also be shared with dozens of vertebrate and invertebrate species and; consequently, their parasites including the zoonotics. The aim of this study was to diagnose the presence of zoonotic parasites in four wild-caught armadillo species from two different Brazilian ecosystems, the Cerrado (Brazilian savanna) and the Pantanal (wetland). The investigated parasites and their correspondent diseases were: Toxoplasma gondii (toxoplasmosis), Trypanosoma cruzi (Chagas disease), Leishmania spp., (leishmaniasis), Paracoccidioides brasiliensis (Paracoccidioidomicosis) and Mycobacterium leprae (Hansen's disease). Forty-three free-living armadillos from Pantanal and seven road-killed armadillos from the Cerrado were sampled. Trypanosoma cruzi DTU TcIII were isolated from 2 out of 43 (4.65%) armadillos, including one of them also infected with Trypanosoma rangeli. Antibodies anti-T. gondii were detected in 13 out of 43 (30.2%) armadillos. All seven armadillos from Cerrado tested positive for P. brasiliensis DNA, in the lungs, spleen, liver fragments. Also, by molecular analysis, all 43 individuals were negative for M. leprae and Leishmania spp. Armadillos were infected by T. cruzi, T. rangeli, P. brasiliensis and presented seric antibodies to T. gondii, highlighting the importance of those armadillos could have in the epidemiology of zoonotic parasites.
Associate Researcher Naples Zoo at Caribbeans Gardens
Instituto de Conservação de Animais Silvestres (ICAS)
Associate Researcher The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS)
Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal Universidade Federal do Mato Grosso do Sul
Associate Researcher Houston Zoo
Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia Universidade de São Paulo USP
Programa de Pós Graduação em Saúde Única e Bem-Estar Animal Universidade Santo Amaro UNISA
Departamento de Ciências Químicas e Biológicas Instituto de Biociências UNESP
Laboratório Multi-user do Departamento de Parasitologia Animal Instituto de Medicina Veterinária Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
Laboratório de Biologia Molecular aplicada à Micobactérias Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Laboratório de Protozoologia Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo
Laboratório de Biologia de Tripanosomatídeos Instituto Oswaldo Cruz Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Instituto de Medicina Tropical Universidade de São Paulo
Departamento de Ciências Químicas e Biológicas Instituto de Biociências UNESP
