Author | Favacho, Alexsandra Rodrigues de Mendonça | |
Author | Andrade, Marcelle Novaes | |
Author | Oliveira, Renata Carvalho de | |
Author | Bonvicino, Cibele Rodrigues | |
Author | D'Andrea, Paulo Sérgio | |
Author | Lemos, Elba Regina Sampaio de | |
Access date | 2016-06-02T13:06:22Z | pt_BR |
Access date | 2016-06-03T12:34:19Z | |
Available date | 2016-06-02T13:06:22Z | pt_BR |
Available date | 2016-06-03T12:34:19Z | |
Document date | 2015 | |
Citation | FAVACHO, Alexsandra Rodrigues de Mendonça; et al. Zoonotic Bartonella species in wild rodents in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. Microbes and Infection, v.17, n.11-12, p.889-892, Nov-Dec. 2015. | pt_BR |
ISSN | 1286-4579 | pt_BR |
URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/14439 | |
Language | eng | pt_BR |
Publisher | Elsevier | pt_BR |
Rights | restricted access | |
Subject in Portuguese | Bartonella | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Roedores silvestres | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Brasil | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Coração | pt_BR |
Subject in Portuguese | Mato Grosso do Sul | pt_BR |
Title | Zoonotic Bartonella species in wild rodents in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | pt_BR |
Type | Article | |
DOI | 10.1016/j.micinf.2015.08.014 | pt_BR |
Abstract | Several rodent-associated Bartonella species cause disease in humans but little is known about their epidemiology in Brazil. The presence of Bartonella spp. in wild rodents captured in two municipalities of the Mato Grosso do Sul state was assessed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Fragments of heart tissue from 42 wild rodents were tested using primers targeting the Bartonella 16S–23S intergenic transcribed spacer (ITS) region and citrate synthase gltA gene. The wild rodents were identified based on external and cranial morphology and confirmed at species level by mitochondrial DNA (cytochrome B) sequencing and karyotype. Overall, 42.9% (18/42) of the wild rodents were PCR positive for Bartonella spp.: Callomys callosus (04), Cerradomys maracajuensis (04), Hylaeamus megacephalus (01), Necromys lasiurus (06), Nectomys squamipes (01), Oecomys catherinae (01) and Oxymycterus delator (01). Bartonella vinsonii subsp. arupensis was detected in N. lasiurus (46%) and C. callosus (21%) captured in the two study sites. We reported the first molecular detection of B. vinsonii subsp. arupensis in different species of wild rodents collected in the Brazilian territory. Further studies are needed to examine the role of these mammals in the eco-epidemiology of bartonellosis in Brazil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.Laboratório de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamíferos Silvestres Reservatórios. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil / Instituto Nacional de Câncer (INCA). Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.Laboratório de Biologia e Parasitologia de Mamíferos Silvestres Reservatórios. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Affilliation | Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Laboratório de Hantaviroses e Rickettsioses. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. | pt_BR |
Subject | Bartonella vinsonii subsp. arupensis | pt_BR |
Subject | Wild rodents | pt_BR |
Subject | Heart | pt_BR |
Subject | Brazil | pt_BR |