Molecular detection of Anaplasmataceae agents in wild canids in southern mato Grosso's Pantanal

• Grant number: 15/22387-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: February 01, 2016
• End date: July 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Preventive Veterinary Medicine
• Principal Investigator: Marcos Rogério André
• Grantee: Ana Cláudia Calchi
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Jaboticabal. Jaboticabal , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Arthropod-borne diseases have been recently studied in Brazilian wild animals, which can act as hosts for both vectors and pathogens, many of which showing zoonotic potential. The presence of domestic animals in the wild and vice versa results in a higher human exposure to agents transmitted by arthropods circulating in wild animals. The present study aims to investigate the presence of Ehrlichia spp. and Anaplasma spp. in blood samples from wild canids habiting the area of southern Mato Grosso's Pantanal. Positive samples will be molecularly characterized by sequencing, aiming at validating, comparing with sequences previously deposited in GenBank and phylogenetic analysis. Thus, the results will contribute to the diagnosis and molecular characterization of the arthropod-borne pathogens in southern Mato Grosso Pantanal.

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 SOUSA, K. C. M.; CALCHI, A. C.; HERRERA, H. M.; DUMLER, J. S.; BARROS-BATTESTI, D. M.; MACHADO, R. Z.; ANDRE, M. R.. Anaplasmataceae agents among wild mammals and ectoparasites in Brazil. EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION, v. 145, n. 16, p. 3424-3437, DEC 2017. (15/14896-1, 13/13186-5, 15/22387-0)