Detection and molecular characterization of Anaplasmataceae, Bartonellaceae, Mycoplasmataceae, Coxiellaceae, Babesiidae and Theileriidae agents in free-ranging tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) in Brazil

• Grant number: 19/26403-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: June 01, 2020
• End date: May 31, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Preventive Veterinary Medicine
• Principal Investigator: Marcos Rogério André
• Grantee: Anna Claudia Baumel Mongruel
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias (FCAV). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Jaboticabal. Jaboticabal , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 22/13016-1 - Blood microbiome from lowland tapirs (Tapirus terrestris), BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Vector-borne diseases occur in tropical, subtropical and temperate climate regions. Since the early 20th century, tick-borne diseases have been on the rise due to increased human activities that impact the environment as well as wildlife and domestic species. The Tapirus terrestris species, popularly known as the Brazilian tapir, is part of the order Perissodactyla and family Tapiridae. Tapirs are considered as biodiversity maintaners of the flora, due its ability to disperse seeds in the territories where it lives. One of the only reports involving the detection of hemoparasites in Brazilian tapirs refers to the molecular detection of partial 18S rRNA sequence phylogenetically associated with Theileria equi in an animal from Mato Grosso do Sul State. The animal presented hyperthermia, Anemia and Leukocytosis. It is necessary to elucidate possible consequences of pathogen infections in Brazilian tapirs, considering the classification of the species as vulnerable. The purpose of the present project is to investigate, through molecular methods, the occurrence of agents from families Anaplasmataceae, Bartonellaceae, Mycoplasmataceae, Coxiellaceae, Babesiidae and Theileriidae in brazilian free-living tapirs samples. Furthermore, we aim to investigate the parasite-host and phylogenetic relationships of these infections, in order to try to answer if the proximity between wild animals, domestic animals and humans has influenced such questions. (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)

MONGRUEL, ANNA CLAUDIA BAUMEL; MEDICI, EMILIA PATRICIA; CANENA, ARIEL DA COSTA; DIAS, CLARA MORATO; MACHADO, ROSANGELA ZACARIAS; ANDRE, MARCOS ROGERIO. Molecular evidence of Bartonella spp. in wild lowland tapirs (Tapirus terrestris), the largest land mammals in Brazil. COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES, v. 101, p. 8-pg., 2023-10-01. (22/08543-2, 19/26403-0)

KAKIMORI, MONICA T. A.; BARROS, LUIZ D.; COLLERE, FLAVIA C. M.; FERRARI, LARISSA D. R.; DE MATOS, ALDAIR; LUCAS, JULIANA, I; CORADI, VANESSA S.; MONGRUEL, ANNA C. B.; AGUIAR, DANIEL M.; MACHADO, ROSANGELA Z.; et al. First molecular detection of Mycoplasma ovis in horses from Brazil. Acta Tropica, v. 237, p. 9-pg., 2023-01-01. (19/26403-0)

SANTANA, MATHEUS DE SOUZA; HOPPE, ESTEVAM GUILHERME LUX; CARRARO, PAULO EDUARDO; CALCHI, ANA CLAUDIA; DE OLIVEIRA, LARYSSA BORGES; DO AMARAL, RENAN BRESSIANINI; MONGRUEL, ANNA CLAUDIA BAUMEL; MACHADO, DALIA MONIQUE RIBEIRO; BURGER, KARINA PAES; BARROS-BATESTTI, DARCI MORAES; et al. Molecular detection of vector-borne agents in wild boars (Sus scrofa) and associated ticks from Brazil, with evidence of putative new genotypes of Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, and haemoplasmas. TRANSBOUNDARY AND EMERGING DISEASES, v. 69, n. 5, p. 24-pg., 2022-07-11. (19/26403-0, 20/12037-0, 19/24726-7, 20/07826-5, 18/02753-0)

BAUMEL MONGRUEL, ANNA CLAUDIA; MEDICI, EMILIA PATRICIA; CANENA, ARIEL DA COSTA; CALCHI, ANA CLAUDIA; MACHADO, ROSANGELA ZACARIAS; ANDRE, MARCOS ROGERIO. Expanding the Universe of Hemoplasmas: Multi-Locus Sequencing Reveals Putative Novel Hemoplasmas in Lowland Tapirs (Tapirus terrestris), the Largest Land Mammals in Brazil. MICROORGANISMS, v. 10, n. 3, p. 22-pg., 2022-03-01. (20/12037-0, 18/02753-0, 19/26403-0)