| Author | Vieira, Thallyta Maria | |
| Author | Silva, Soraia de Oliveira | |
| Author | Lima, Luciana | |
| Author | Sabino-Santos, Gilberto | |
| Author | Duarte, Eduardo Robson | |
| Author | Lima, Sabrina Miranda | |
| Author | Pereira, Agnes Antônia Sampaio | |
| Author | Ferreira, Francisco C | |
| Author | Araújo, Walter Santos de | |
| Author | Teixeira, Marta Maria Geraldes | |
| Author | Ursine, Renata Luiz | |
| Author | Gontijo, Célia Maria Ferreira | |
| Author | Melo, Maria Norma | |
| Access date | 2023-01-18T14:29:00Z | |
| Available date | 2023-01-18T14:29:00Z | |
| Document date | 2022 | |
| Citation | VIEIRA, Thallyta Maria et al. Leishmania diversity in bats from an endemic area for visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis in Southeastern Brazil. Acta Trop., v. 228, 106327, 2022. doi: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2022.106327. | en_US |
| ISSN | 0001-706X | en_US |
| URI | https://www.arca.fiocruz.br/handle/icict/56495 | |
| Language | eng | en_US |
| Publisher | Elsevier | en_US |
| Rights | restricted access | |
| Title | Leishmania diversity in bats from an endemic area for visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis in Southeastern Brazil | en_US |
| Type | Article | |
| Abstract | This study aimed to determine the occurrence of Leishmania infection in bats in urban and wild areas in an endemic municipality for visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis in Minas Gerais, Brazil. Between April 2014 to April 2015, 247 bats were captured and classified into 26 species belonging to Phyllostomidae (90.7%), Vespertilionidae (8.1%) and Molossidae (1.2%) families. Blood samples from 247 bats were collected and submitted to nested-PCR, targeting the variable V7-V8 region of the SSU rRNA gene, followed by sequencing of the PCR product. The overall infection rate of Leishmania spp. in bats was 4.4%. Of the eleven bats infected, ten were frugivorous bats: Artibeus planirostris (8/11), Artibeus lituratus (1/11) and Artibeus cinereus (1/11) and one a nectarivorous bat (Glossophaga soricina). None of the individuals exhibited macroscopic alterations in the skin, spleen or liver. Phylogenetic analysis separated Leishmania species in clades corresponding to the subgenera Viannia, Leishmania, and Mundinia, and supported that the isolates characterized in the present study clustered closely with Leishmania (Viannia) sp., Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum and Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis. Here we report for the first time the bat Artibeus cinereus as a host of Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis. In the study we found that the mean abundance of bats did not differ in wild habitats and urban areas and that bat-parasite interactions were similarly distributed in the two environments. On the other hand, further studies should be conducted in more recent times to verify whether there have been changes in these parameters. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Department of Biological Sciences. State University of Montes Claros. Montes Claros, MG, Brazil/Department of Parasitology. Federal University of Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil | en_US |
| Affilliation | Department of Parasitology. Federal University of Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil | en_US |
| Affilliation | Department of Parasitology. University of São Paulo. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Center for Virology Research. Ribeirão Preto Medical School. University of São Paulo. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil/Department of Tropical Medicine. School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. Tulane University. New Orleans, LA, United States. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Institute of Agricultural Sciences. Federal University of Minas Gerais. Montes Claros, MG, Brazil. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Institute of Agricultural Sciences. Federal University of Minas Gerais. Montes Claros, MG, Brazil. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Research Group on Leishmaniasis. René Rachou Institute. Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Department of Parasitology. Federal University of Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil/Center for Conservation Genomics. Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute. Washington, D.C., United States/Center for Vector Biology. Rutgers University. New Brunswick, NJ, United States. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Department of Biological Sciences. State University of Montes Claros. Montes Claros, MG, Brazil. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Department of Parasitology. University of São Paulo. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Post Graduate Program in Health Sciences. State University of Montes Claros. Montes Claros, MG, Brazil. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Research Group on Leishmaniasis. René Rachou Institute. Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. | en_US |
| Affilliation | Department of Parasitology. Federal University of Minas Gerais. Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil | en_US |
| Subject | Chiroptera | en_US |
| Subject | Interaction networks | en_US |
| Subject | One health | en_US |
| Subject | SSU rRNA | en_US |
| Subject | SSUrRNA | en_US |
| Subject | Trypanosomatids | en_US |
