First report of natural infection by Trypanosoma cruzi in secretions of the scent glands and myocardium of Philander opossum (Marsupialia: Didelphidae): Parasitological and clinicopathological findings
| Autor: | Gustavo Góes-Cavalcante, Alessandra Scofield, Pedro Soares Bezerra Júnior, Márcio Alan Oliveira Moura, Sandra de Mamedes Costa, Francisco Dantas Sampaio Junior, Flávia de Nazaré Leite Barros, Diana Maria de Farias |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Chagas disease Scent gland General Veterinary medicine.diagnostic_test biology Myocardium Trypanosoma cruzi Philander opossum Heart Opossums medicine.disease biology.organism_classification Microbiology Opossum parasitic diseases medicine Animals Enzootic Chagas Disease Parasitology Blood culture Scent Glands Amastigote |
| Zdroj: | Veterinary Parasitology: Regional Studies and Reports. 22:100463 |
| ISSN: | 2405-9390 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.vprsr.2020.100463 |
| Popis: | Trypanosoma cruzi is the etiologic agent of American trypanosomiasis and can infect humans and different species of domestic and wild animals. The marsupials are important wild reservoirs of T. cruzi, aiding in the maintenance of this agent in sylvatic and peri-domestic environments. The objective of this study was to report the parasitological and clinicopathological findings of a natural infection by T. cruzi in one specimen of Philander opossum that originated from the Brazilian Amazon. The animal was captured in a forest fragment near a rural community with reports of human Chagas disease. T. cruzi infection was diagnosed by blood smear examinations, blood culture, scent glands secretion culture, histopathological examination, and nested-PCR. Positive samples were subjected to PCR to characterize the discrete typing units (DTUs) of T. cruzi. Characteristic trypomastigotes of T. cruzi were observed in the blood smear, and spheromastigotes, epimastigotes, and trypomastigotes were visualized in the cultures. Non-suppurative myocarditis associated with amastigote clusters was the principal histopathological finding. DNA from T. cruzi was detected in samples of blood, blood cultures, scent glands secretion cultures, cardiac muscles, and the spleen. The TcI and the TcII/V/VI group DTUs were detected in blood culture and scent glands secretion cultures. Infection by T. cruzi can cause myocarditis in P. opossum and DTUs TcI and TcII/V/VI group mixed infection can be detected in the acute phase. P. opossum can be a source of infection for triatomine vectors and has the potential source for direct transmission of T. cruzi by secretions from the scent glands. These data are important to improve the understanding of the complex enzootic transmission cycle of T. cruzi in the Brazilian Amazon. |
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