Detection of Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis in bats from Espírito Santo, Brazil (2018-2019).

Autor: Riva MM; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Alto Universitário, s/n, Guararema, Alegre, Espírito Santo, CEP 29.500-000, Brazil., Pastor FM; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Alto Universitário, s/n, Guararema, Alegre, Espírito Santo, CEP 29.500-000, Brazil., Almeida YV; Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Alto Universitário, s/n, Guararema, Alegre, Espírito Santo, CEP 29.500-000, Brazil., Duarte LM; Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Alto Universitário, s/n, Guararema, Alegre, Espírito Santo, CEP 29.500-000, Brazil., Souza LIS; Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Alto Universitário, s/n, Guararema, Alegre, Espírito Santo, CEP 29.500-000, Brazil., Zanini MS; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Alto Universitário, s/n, Guararema, Alegre, Espírito Santo, CEP 29.500-000, Brazil.; Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Alto Universitário, s/n, Guararema, Alegre, Espírito Santo, CEP 29.500-000, Brazil., da Silva MA; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Veterinárias, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Alto Universitário, s/n, Guararema, Alegre, Espírito Santo, CEP 29.500-000, Brazil. mvmariaaparecida@gmail.com.; Departamento de Biologia, Centro de Ciências Exatas, Naturais e da Saúde, Alto Universitário, s/n, Guararema, Alegre, Espírito Santo, CEP 29.500-000, Brazil. mvmariaaparecida@gmail.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Parasitology research [Parasitol Res] 2021 Nov; Vol. 120 (11), pp. 3857-3863. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Sep 09.
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-020-07042-2
Abstrakt: Studying the occurrence of Leishmania in bats would help toward clarifying the role of these animals in epidemiological cycles. Therefore, the objective of this study was to detect Leishmania spp. in bats from the Brazilian State of Espírito Santo. In total, 105 bats from 11 species which had been collected from 17 municipalities of Espírito Santo were obtained from the IDAF Rabies Diagnostic Laboratory between December 2018 and June 2019. DNA was extracted from the bone marrow, skin, and spleen samples and analysed using conventional PCR, with primers specific for the kinetoplastic DNA minicircle of the parasitic species Leishmania (Viannnia) braziliensis, Leishmania (Leishmania) infantum, and Leishmania (Leishmania) amazonensis. To identify the Leishmania species, the positive PCR products were analysed using PCR-RFLP with the HaeIII enzyme and 8% polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Positivity for L. (V.) braziliensis was observed in five (4.76%) bats: namely, one male Eumops glaucinus from Vitória (in a skin sample), one male Artibeus lituratus from Vila Velha and one female Eumops glaucinus from Vitória (both in bone marrow samples), and one male A. lituratus from Vitória and one male Molossus rufus from Guarapari (both in the spleen samples). To our best knowledge, this is the first report of the detection of Leishmania in bats from Espírito Santo as well as of Leishmania DNA in the bone marrow of bats.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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