Leishmania presence in bats in areas endemic for leishmaniasis in central-west Brazil.

Autor:	Castro LS; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil., Dorval MEC; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil., Matheus LMD; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil., Bednaski AV; Universidade Anhanguera-UNIDERP, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil., Facco GG; Universidade Anhanguera-UNIDERP, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil., Silveira M; Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.; Universidade de Brasília, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Biologia eConservação de Morcegos, 70910-900, Brasília, DF, Brazil., Santos CF; Programa de Pós-graduação em Ecologia e Conservação, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil., Gontijo CMF; Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fiocruz Minas Gerais, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil., Oliveira APG; Universidade Anhanguera-UNIDERP, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil., Ferreira EC; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.; Universidade Anhanguera-UNIDERP, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.; Fiocruz Mato Grosso do Sul, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	International journal for parasitology. Parasites and wildlife [Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl] 2020 Feb 22; Vol. 11, pp. 261-267. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Feb 22 (Print Publication: 2020).
DOI:	10.1016/j.ijppaw.2020.02.008
Abstrakt:	Leishmaniasis involves the participation of several species of both wild and domestic mammal hosts and sandfly vectors, which demonstrates the eco-epidemiological complexity observed in this disease. Bats are among the most abundant types of mammals and the scarcity of research on Leishmania infection in these animals gives evidence of the importance of new studies that aim to clarify this relationship. This study aimed to detect the Leishmania spp. in bats. 146 bats, representing 16 different species belonging to the Molossidae, Vespertilionidae, and Phyllostomidae families, were received and processed for collection of tissues. Skin samples were collected from 100% of the bats, and liver samples were collected from 87% (n = 127). After evaluating the quality of the DNA extracted by means of PCR directed to the IRBP gene, the samples considered suitable for the Leishmania detection test were submitted for PCR directed to Leishmania kDNA, and to confirm positivity, were tested to the SSUrRNA gene-directed Nested-PCR. The Leishmania presence in the species Molossus pretiosus, Nyctinomops macrotis , and Lasiurus cinereus are the first reports this encounter in these species of bats in Brazil. Furthermore, new species of bats as possible hosts for L. infantum are reported, such as Molossus pretiosus, Myotis nigricans, Nyctinomops laticaudatus, Nyctinomops macrotis , and, for L. braziliensis , Lasiurus cinereus and Cynomops planirostris . These findings in bats in an area endemic for leishmaniasis indicate that these animals may be involved in sustaining the disease cycle in this location. Competing Interests: None. (© 2020 The Authors.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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