Importance of Chiroptera as reservoirs of zoonotic agents: one health approach

• Grant number: 22/10976-4
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: August 01, 2023
• End date: July 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Preventive Veterinary Medicine
• Principal Investigator: Helio Langoni
• Grantee: Helio Langoni
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Current SARS-CoV-2 pandemic reinforces the importance of investigating the possible consequences of human-animal interaction. Use of the One Health concept can elucidate the relationship between chiropterans, the environment, and etiological agents, as well as assist in understanding the chain of disease transmission and control and prevention actions in public and animal health. The main objective of this project is to use the OneHealth approach to evaluate the involvement of chiropterans as possible reservoirs in the transmissibility of important diseases in the state of São Paulo. As secondary objectives, we aim to: (1) to investigate by molecular method the presence of viruses, protozoa and bacteria of public health importance in bat organs; (2) to perform the complete genome sequencing of the PCR-positive samples and compare with that of the different strains already published in the international literature, aiming at an analysis of the virulence potential. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

DE FRANCA, DANILO ALVES; RIBEIRO, BRUNA LETICIA DEVIDE; MENOZZI, BENEDITO DONIZETE; LANGONI, HELIO. Rabies virus, Bartonella koehlerae and Leishmania infantum coinfection in a black Myotis (Myotis nigricans) from southeastern Brazil. VETERINARY RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, v. 49, n. 3, p. 7-pg., 2025-06-01. (22/10976-4, 22/07124-6)

DE FRANCA, DANILO ALVES; MENOZZI, BENEDITO DONIZETE; LANGONI, HELIO. Toxoplasma gondii in urban and rural bats from Sao Paulo state, Brazil. Acta Tropica, v. 263, p. 6-pg., 2025-03-01. (22/10976-4, 22/07124-6)