Hantavirus antibodies among phyllostomid bats from the arc of deforestation in Southern Amazonia, Brazil
| Autor: | David José Ferreira da Silva, Danilo Melo Machado, Roberta Vieira de Morais Bronzoni, Manoel dos Santos Filho, Taal Levi, Francimeire Fernandes Ferreira, Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo, Carlos A. Peres, Gustavo Rodrigues Canale, Gilberto Sabino-Santos, Christine Steiner São Bernardo, Sérgio Gomes da Silva |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Orthohantavirus animal structures 040301 veterinary sciences Hantavirus Infections Phyllostomus hastatus Zoology Forests Antibodies Viral 0403 veterinary science 03 medical and health sciences Seroepidemiologic Studies Deforestation Chiroptera Animals Seroprevalence Dermanura 030304 developmental biology Hantavirus ANTICORPOS 0303 health sciences General Veterinary General Immunology and Microbiology biology Amazon rainforest 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences General Medicine biology.organism_classification Epidemiological Monitoring Female Hantavirus Infection Brazil |
| Zdroj: | Repositório Institucional da USP (Biblioteca Digital da Produção Intelectual) Universidade de São Paulo (USP) instacron:USP |
| ISSN: | 1865-1682 1865-1674 |
| Popis: | In order to determine whether southern Amazonian bats could harbour hantaviruses we, serologically and molecularly, screened blood, saliva, excreta and organ tissues of 47 bats captured from September to December 2015. We found that only phyllostomid bats presented antibodies against hantavirus. The seropositive bats belonged to two species of Phyllostomid bats: the greater spear-nosed bat Phyllostomus hastatus (omnivorous) and the gnome fruit-eating bat Dermanura gnoma. The overall seroprevalence was of 4.2%. Therefore, we show here that hantaviruses are circulating among phyllostomid bats in the Amazonian arc of deforestation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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