Study of zoonotic agents in wild and domestic animals in two conservation units Natal, Rio Grande do Norte

• Grant number: 12/02556-3
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: August 01, 2012
• End date: January 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Preventive Veterinary Medicine
• Principal Investigator: Solange Maria Gennari
• Grantee: Solange Maria Gennari
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The changes by the interference of man in nature have caused irreparable damage to the balance of ecosystems. Urban sprawl causes not only the loss of habitat for wild species, but also obliges the occupying areas and modified to adapt to the presence of domestic animals and man. This effect has led to the extinction of million species in the last decades, as well as the increase of pathogens in worldwide. Thus, this project aims to understand which zoonotic agents are present in two protected areas in the city of Natal situated in the urban area covering domestic and wild animals, allowing the knowledge of various risk factors for these diseases as well as evaluating the participation of each of these links in the epidemiological chain of these agents in the study location. Moreover, studies also performed with infectious disease vectors, where the ticks, which will bring information about arthropods are present in this locality, and which of the agents studied have been carried by these vectors. This information is nonexistent in Rio Grande do Norte state. (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)

LOPES, MARCOS GOMES; KRAWCZAK, FELIPE DA SILVA; RIBEIRO DE LIMA, JULIA TERESA; DA SILVA ROCHA FOURNIER, GISLENE FATIMA; LIMA ACOSTA, IGOR DA CUNHA; RAMIREZ, DIEGO GARCIA; MARCILI, ARLEI; LABRUNA, MARCELO BAHIA; GENNARI, SOLANGE MARIA. Ocorrência de Ehrlichia canis, Hepatozoon canis e provável exposição a Rickettsia amblyommatis em cães e gatos de Natal, RN. Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, v. 28, n. 1, p. 151-156, JAN-MAR 2019. (12/02556-3)

LOPES, MARCOS G.; MUNOZ-LEAL, SEBASTIAN; DE LIMA, JULIA T. RIBEIRO; ROCHA FOURNIER, GISLENE FATIMA DA S.; ACOSTA, IGOR DA CUNHA L.; MARTINS, THIAGO F.; RAMIREZ, DIEGO G.; GENNARI, SOLANGE M.; LABRUNA, MARCELO B.. Ticks, rickettsial and erlichial infection in small mammals from Atlantic forest remnants in northeastern Brazil. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR PARASITOLOGY-PARASITES AND WILDLIFE, v. 7, n. 3, p. 380-385, DEC 2018. (12/02556-3)

LOPES, MARCOS GOMES; KRAWCZAK, FELIPE DA SILVA; RIBEIRO DE LIMA, JULIA TERESA; DA SILVA ROCHA FOURNIER, GISLENE FATIMA; LIMA ACOSTA, IGOR DA CUNHA; RAMIREZ, DIEGO GARCIA; MARCILI, ARLEI; LABRUNA, MARCELO BAHIA; GENNARI, SOLANGE MARIA. Occurrence of Ehrlichia canis and Hepatozoon canis and probable exposure to Rickettsia amblyommatis in dogs and cats in Natal, RN. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE PARASITOLOGIA VETERINARIA, v. 28, n. 1, p. 6-pg., 2019-01-01. (12/02556-3)