Detection and molecular characterization of Anaplasmataceae, Bartonellaceae and Mycoplasmaceae agents in bats sampled in a peri-urban region of Central-Western Brazil

• Grant number: 17/14124-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: October 01, 2017
• End date: August 31, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Preventive Veterinary Medicine
• Principal Investigator: Marcos Rogério André
• Grantee: Priscila Ikeda
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Jaboticabal. Jaboticabal , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 19/13232-3 - Bacterial microbiome of non-hematophagous bats' ectoparasites, saliva and feces: a metagenomic approach, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Seventy five percent of emerging diseases comprises zoonoses, most of which originated from wild animal infection. About 22.8% out of them are considered vector-borne diseases. In this way, monitoring the presence of pathogens in wild animals in niches shared with humans becomes an important preventive method of zoonotic infections, given the current search for the integrated concept of "One Health". The families Bartonellaceae and Anaplasmataceae comprise gram-negative, intracellular facultative and obligatory bacteria, respectively, belonging to the alpha-proteobacteria group, which have been identified in a wide variety of mammals, including humans. Hemotrophic mycoplasmas are gram-negative epieritrocitary bacteria, which can cause asymptomatic infections to severe hemolytic anemia, both in animals and in humans. Little is known about the occurrence of agents Anaplasmataceae, Bartonellaceae and Mycoplasmaceae in bats and their ectoparasites in Brazil. Bats can be parasitized by a great diversity of ectoparasites, especially the Streblidae and Nycteribiidae family flies, and the Spinturnicidae and Macronyssidae mites. Considering the pathogens of interest in public health mentioned above, the vast occurrence of animals of the order Chiroptera and the scarce knowledge about the interactions of these agents with these possible reservoirs and their ectoparasites, the aim of the present study is to obtain information of epidemiological importance on the occurrence and genetic diversity of Anaplasmataceae, Bartonellaceae and Mycoplasmaceae agents in peri-urban bats in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul state, in Central-Western 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)

IKEDA, PRISCILA; MENEZES, TALINE REVOLLO; TORRES, JAIRE MARINHO; DE OLIVEIRA, CARINA ELISEI; LOURENCO, ELIZABETE CAPTIVO; HERRERA, HEITOR MIRAGLIA; MACHADO, ROSANGELA ZACARIAS; ANDRE, MARCOS ROGERIO. First molecular detection of piroplasmids in non-hematophagous bats from Brazil, with evidence of putative novel species. Parasitology Research, v. 120, n. 1, NOV 2020. (18/02753-0, 17/14124-4, 18/16804-5)

PERLES, LIVIA; IKEDA, PRISCILA; FRANCISCO, GABRIELA DE VASCONCELLOS; TORRES, JAIRE MARINHO; DE OLIVEIRA, CARINA ELISEI; LOURENCO, ELIZABETE CAPTIVO; HERRERA, HEITOR MIRAGLIA; MACHADO, ROSANGELA ZACARIAS; ANDRE, MARCOS ROGERIO. Molecular detection of Hepatozoon spp. in non-hematophagous bats in Brazil. TICKS AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES, v. 11, n. 3, MAY 2020. (18/02753-0, 19/13232-3, 17/14124-4, 19/15150-4)

IKEDA, PRISCILA; TORRES, JAIRE MARINHO; LOURENCO, ELIZABETE CAPTIVO; ALBERY, GREGORY F.; HERRERA, HEITOR MIRAGLIA; DE OLIVEIRA, CARINA ELISEI; MACHADO, ROSANGELA ZACARIAS; ANDRE, MARCOS ROGERIO. olecular detection and genotype diversity of hemoplasmas in non-hematophagous bats and associated ectoparasites sampled in peri-urban areas from Brazi. Acta Tropica, v. 225, JAN 2022. (18/02753-0, 17/14124-4)

CORREA ALCANTARA, DANIEL MAXIMO; IKEDA, PRISCILA; SOUZA, CAMILA SILVEIRA; CALIFRE DE MELLO, VICTORIA VALENTE; TORRES, JAIRE MARINHO; LOURENCO, ELIZABETE CAPTIVO; BASSINI-SILVA, RICARDO; HERRERA, HEITOR MIRAGLIA; MACHADO, ROSANGELA ZACARIAS; BARROS-BATTESTI, DARCI MORAES; et al. Multilayer Networks Assisting to Untangle Direct and Indirect Pathogen Transmission in Bats. MICROBIAL ECOLOGY, v. N/A, p. 15-pg., 2022-09-27. (18/02753-0, 17/14124-4)

IKEDA, PRISCILA; MARINHO TORRES, JAIRE; PERLES, LIVIA; LOURENCO, ELIZABETE CAPTIVO; HERRERA, HEITOR MIRAGLIA; DE OLIVEIRA, CARINA ELISEI; ZACARIAS MACHADO, ROSANGELA; ANDRE, MARCOS ROGERIO. Intra- and Inter-Host Assessment of Bartonella Diversity with Focus on Non-Hematophagous Bats and Associated Ectoparasites from Brazil. MICROORGANISMS, v. 8, n. 11, NOV 2020. (17/14124-4, 18/02753-0)

Academic Publications

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

IKEDA, Priscila. Molecular detection and genetic diversity of arthropod and trematode-borne agents in non-hematophagous bats from midwestern Brazil. 2021. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias. Jaboticabal Jaboticabal.