Surveillance of West Nile Virus in Brazil

• Grant number: 09/05994-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)
• Effective date (Start): September 01, 2009
• Effective date (End): November 30, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Preventive Veterinary Medicine
• Principal Investigator: Edison Luiz Durigon
• Grantee: Tatiana Ometto de Araujo
• Host Institution: Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The West Nile Fever represents the archetype of the emergent illnesses and is distributed in many countries in the American continent. In 1937 in Uganda, Africa, situated in Nile River west, was described the first case in a human being, that provoked the Encephalitis gained this name. A threat became when the first case of the illness in American territory was discovered, in New York in 1999. From this event, the virus made making a trajectory to the south of the continent coming close to Brazil, where it has not been described yet. However, there are relates of three horses that died with the Encephalitis of the West Nile illness in Argentina in past year, that shows the importance of the monitoring of this virus in our country. The natural reservoirs of the illness are migratory birds and have as accidental host the equines and the man. Counting that, the natural reservoirs and accidental hosts can transmit the virus through the bite of insects that are represented by the mosquitoes of varied species. The project has as perspective of collect samples of birds and equines in the tropical and subtropical regions of Brazil. The captures will be carried through the team of the ICB. In association with the new laboratory standard NB3+ (level of biosecurity 3+), in the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of USP, where the samples will be manipulated with a higher security level making possible a better understanding of the etiology and epidemiology of this viruses and the improvement of the speed of the inquiry in the cases suspicious that present potential risk for the community. The main objectives are to standardize detention WNV for Real Teams PCR, to acquire a sensible and faster diagnosis and to make a selection of samples birds and equines of the tropical and subtropical regions of Brazil. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(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)

VAZ, FREDERICO FONTANELLI; SERAFINI, PATRICIA PEREIRA; LOCATELLI-DITTRICH, ROSANGELA; MEURER, RAFAEL; DURIGON, EDISON LUIZ; DE ARAUJO, JANSEN; THOMAZELLI, LUCIANO MATSUMIYA; OMETTO, TATIANA; BASTOS SIPINSKI, ELENISE ANGELOTTI; SEZERBAN, RAFAEL MEIRELLES; et al. Survey of pathogens in threatened wild red-tailed Amazon parrot (Amazona brasiliensis) nestlings in Rasa Island, Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, v. 48, n. 4, p. 747-753, OCT-DEC 2017. (13/05485-2, 11/13821-7, 09/05994-9)

OMETTO, TATIANA; DURIGON, EDISON LUIZ; DE ARAUJO, JANSEN; APRELON, ROSALIE; DE AGUIAR, DANIEL MOURA; CAVALCANTE, GUACYARA TENORIO; MELO, ROSANE MARINI; LEVI, JOSE EDUARDO; DE AZEVEDO JUNIOR, SEVERINO MENDES; PETRY, MARIA VIRGINIA; et al. West Nile virus surveillance, Brazil, 2008-2010. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, v. 107, n. 11, p. 723-730, NOV 2013. (09/05994-9)

VAZ, FREDERICO FONTANELLI; SERAFINI, PATRICIA PEREIRA; LOCATELLI-DITTRICH, ROSANGELA; MEURER, RAFAEL; DURIGON, EDISON LUIZ; DE ARAUJO, JANSEN; THOMAZELLI, LUCIANO MATSUMIYA; OMETTO, TATIANA; BASTOS SIPINSKI, ELENISE ANGELOTTI; SEZERBAN, RAFAEL MEIRELLES; et al. Survey of pathogens in threatened wild red-tailed Amazon parrot (Amazona brasiliensis) nestlings in Rasa Island, Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, v. 48, n. 4, p. 7-pg., 2017-10-01. (13/05485-2, 11/13821-7, 09/05994-9)

BARBOSA, CARLA M.; DURIGON, EDISON L.; THOMAZELLI, LUCIANO M.; OMETTO, TATIANA; MARCATTI, ROBERTA; NARDI, MARCELLO SHIAVO; DE AGUIAR, DANIEL M.; PINHO, JOAO BATISTA; PETRY, MARIA VIRGINIA; NETO, ISAAC SIMAO; et al. Divergent coronaviruses detected in wild birds in Brazil, including a central park in SAo Paulo. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, v. 50, n. 2, p. 547-556, APR 2019. (13/05485-2, 09/05994-9, 11/13821-7, 14/03172-0)

DE SOUZA, WILLIAM MARCIEL; DENNIS, TRISTAN; FUMAGALLI, MARCILIO JORGE; ARAUJO, JANSEN; SABINO-SANTOS, JR., GILBERTO; MOTTA MAIA, FELIPE GONCALVES; ACRANI, GUSTAVO OLSZANSKI; TORRES CARRASCO, ADRIANO DE OLIVEIRA; ROMEIRO, MARILIA FARIGNOLI; MODHA, SEJAL; et al. Novel Parvoviruses from Wild and Domestic Animals in Brazil Provide New Insights into Parvovirus Distribution and Diversity. Viruses-Basel, v. 10, n. 4, APR 2018. (11/13821-7, 16/02568-2, 12/24150-9, 17/13981-0, 16/01414-1, 14/20851-8, 15/05778-5, 13/14929-1, 09/05994-9, 11/06810-9, 08/06411-4, 11/22663-6)

PINTO, L. B.; OMETTO, T.; ARAUJO, J.; THOMAZELLI, L. M.; SEIXAS, M. M.; BARBOSA, C. M.; RAMOS, D. G. S.; MELO, A. L. T.; PINHO, J. B.; DURIGON, E. L.; et al. Investigation of Influenza A, West Nile and Newcastle Disease Viruses in Birds from the Pantanal Wetlands of Mato Grosso, Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science, v. 18, n. 2, p. 291-297, APR-JUN 2016. (13/05485-2, 09/05994-9, 11/13821-7)

DE SOUZA, WILLIAM MARCIEL; FUMAGALLI, MARCILIO JORGE; DE ARAUJO, JANSEN; OMETTO, TATIANA; MODHA, SEJAL; THOMAZELLI, LUCIANO MATSUMIYA; DURIGON, EDISON LUIS; MURCIA, PABLO RAMIRO; MORAES FIGUEIREDO, LUIZ TADEU. Discovery of novel astrovirus and calicivirus identified in ruddy turnstones in Brazil. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 9, APR 3 2019. (11/13821-7, 12/24150-9, 17/13981-0, 16/01414-1, 15/05778-5, 18/09383-3, 13/05485-2, 13/14929-1, 09/05994-9)