dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.creatorRichini-Pereira, Virginia Bodelao [UNESP]
dc.creatorMarson, Pamela Merlo [UNESP]
dc.creatorHayasaka, Enio Yoshinori [UNESP]
dc.creatorVictória, Cassiano [UNESP]
dc.creatorSilva, Rodrigo Costa da [UNESP]
dc.creatorLangoni, Hélio [UNESP]
dc.date2014-12-03T13:10:38Z
dc.date2014-12-03T13:10:38Z
dc.date2014-06-16
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-12T07:19:40Z
dc.date.available2023-09-12T07:19:40Z
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1678-9199-20-27
dc.identifierJournal of Venomous Animals and Toxins including Tropical Diseases. Centro de Estudos de Venenos e Animais Peçonhentos - CEVAP, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, v. 20, p. 01-07, 2014.
dc.identifier1678-9199
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/130596
dc.identifierS1678-91992014000200331
dc.identifierWOS:000338584600002
dc.identifierS1678-91992014000200331.pdf
dc.identifier5326072118518067
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8779900
dc.descriptionBackground: Road-killed wild animals have been classified as sentinels for detecting such zoonotic pathogens as Leishmania spp., offering new opportunities for epidemiological studies of this infection.Methods: This study aimed to evaluate the presence of Leishmania spp. and Leishmania chagasi DNA by PCR in tissue samples (lung, liver, spleen, kidney, heart, mesenteric lymph node and adrenal gland) from 70 road-killed wild animals.Results: DNA was detected in tissues of one Cavia aperea (Brazilian guinea pig), five Cerdocyon thous (crab-eating fox), one Dasypus septemcinctus (seven-banded armadillo), two Didelphis albiventris (white-eared opossum), one Hydrochoerus hydrochoeris (capybara), two Myrmecophaga tridactyla (giant anteater), one Procyon cancrivorus (crab-eating raccoon), two Sphiggurus spinosus (porcupine) and one Tamandua tetradactyla (lesser anteater) from different locations in the Central Western part of Sao Paulo state. The Leishmania chagasi DNA were confirmed in mesenteric lymph node of one Cerdocyon thous. Results indicated common infection in wild animals.Conclusions: The approach employed herein proved useful for detecting the environmental occurrence of Leishmania spp. and L. chagasi, as well as determining natural wild reservoirs and contributing to understand the host-parasite interaction.
dc.descriptionFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.descriptionConselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
dc.descriptionCoordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES)
dc.descriptionUniversidade Estadual Paulista Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia Departamento de Higiene Veterinária e Saúde Pública
dc.descriptionUniversidade Estadual Paulista Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia Departamento de Higiene Veterinária e Saúde Pública
dc.descriptionFAPESP: 2008/09378-8
dc.descriptionFAPESP: 2008/08291-6
dc.format01-07
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherCentro de Estudos de Venenos e Animais Peçonhentos - CEVAP, Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP
dc.relationJournal of Venomous Animals and Toxins Including Tropical Diseases
dc.relation1.782
dc.relation0,573
dc.rightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceSciELO
dc.subjectRoad-killed animal
dc.subjectLeishmania spp
dc.subjectLeishmania chagasi
dc.subjectPCR
dc.subjectZoonosis
dc.titleMolecular detection of Leishmania spp. in road-killed wild mammals in the Central Western area of the State of São Paulo, Brazil
dc.typeArtigo


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