Molecular detection of Chlamydiaceae family organisms in wild animals from Brazil

• Grant number: 24/10698-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2024
• End date: January 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Preventive Veterinary Medicine
• Principal Investigator: Mateus de Souza Ribeiro Mioni
• Grantee: Beatriz Almeida Moreira de Souza
• Supervisor: Karine Laroucau
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire de l’Alimentation, de l’Environnement et du Travail (ANSES), France
• Associated to the scholarship: 22/10943-9 - Molecular detection of Chlamydia spp in wild animals treated at the Center for Medicine and Research in Wild Animals (CEMPAS), Botucatu, São Paulo., BP.IC

Abstract

Belonging to the Chlamydiaceae family are obligate intracellular bacterial pathogens that affect both humans and animals, such as mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians. This family includes the genus Chlamydia, which has 14 validly published species. In addition to the recognized zoonotic pathogen, Chlamydia psittaci, a number of studies have already reported the presence of other pathogens from the Chlamydiaceae family in wild animals, which, in addition to their role as hosts for many infectious diseases, also play the role of source of infection for other animals. In birds, C. psittaci stands out as the most prevalent and species such as C. avium, C. gallinacea, C. buteonis and Candidatus Chlamydia ibidis have been identified with sporadic occurrence. In reptiles, C. pneumoniae and C. psittaci are the most frequently found Chlamydia species. In mammals, there are reports of C. abortus and C. pneumoniae. Considering the above, the main objective of this work is the molecular detection of organisms from the Chlamydiaceae family in samples of oral, nasal, ocular, cloacal and/or rectal swabs from mammals, birds and reptiles.