Molecular detection of Sarcocystidae parasites in tissue samples of wild rodents (Cavia aperea, Ctenomys spp. Myocastor coypus) deposited in museums of Rio Grande do Sul

• Grant number: 10/14310-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2011
• End date: February 28, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Parasitology - Protozoology of Parasites
• Principal Investigator: Solange Maria Gennari
• Grantee: Natalia Lopez Orozco
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Few studies quantify the relative risk of human health based on research done in animal populations, this is crucial in understanding the natural history of zoonotic diseases. In this context the coccidian, in particular the Sarcocystidae are important agents transmitted in interphase human - domestic and wild animals, and its diagnosis is hampered by limited availability of samples, without damaging the natural population of an endangered species. Our main contribution is in the molecular detection of coccidian parasites, with special emphasis on Toxoplasma gondii, in rodents of the species Cavia aperea, Ctenomys spp. and Myocastor coypus belonging to the suborder Hystricomorpha, specimens deposited in the collections of natural history museums of Rio Grande do Sul State, which until now no study has yet been made.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

OROZCO, Natalia Lopez. Molecular detection of Sarcocystidae family in tissues samples of wild rodents (Cavia spp., Ctenomys spp., Myocastor coypus) deposited in museums of Rio Grande do Sul.. 2013. Master's Dissertation - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB/SDI) São Paulo.