Characterization of Haemophilus parasuis samples through amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP)

• Grant number: 07/04893-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2007
• End date: September 30, 2008
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Veterinary Medicine - Preventive Veterinary Medicine
• Principal Investigator: Andrea Micke Moreno
• Grantee: Luisa Zanolli Moreno
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Haemophilus parasuis is the causative agent of fibrinous serositis, arthritis, meningitis, bronchopneumonia and sudden death in pigs. The economical lost caused by this agent and the mortality associated is largely recognized, but the impact of this pathogen in herd health is frequently underestimated. Knowledge of epidemiological aspects of Haemophilus parasuis infection is very important to adoption of effective control and prevention measures to reduce pig infection, and in this direction, molecular epidemiology studies have a great relevance. The present project has the goal of characterize strains of Haemophilus parasuis isolated from pigs, through amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP). (AU)

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)

MORENO, LUISA ZANOLLI; CASTILLA, KARINA SALVAGNI; SENA DE GOBBI, DEBORA DIRANI; COUTINHO, TANIA ALEN; PORFIDA FERREIRA, THAIS SEBASTIANA; MORENO, ANDREA MICKE. ERIC-PCR GENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF HAEMOPHILUS PARASUIS ISOLATED FROM BRAZILIAN SWINE. Brazilian Journal of Microbiology, v. 42, n. 4, p. 1420-1426, OCT-DEC 2011. (07/04893-9)

CASTILLA, KARINA SALVAGNI; SENA DE GOBBI, DEBORA DIRANI; MORENO, LUISA ZANOLLI; PAIXAO, RENATA; COUTINHO, TANIA ALEN; DOS SANTOS, JOSE LUCIO; MORENO, ANDREA MICKE. Characterization of Haemophilus parasuis isolated from Brazilian swine through serotyping, AFLP and PFGE. Research in Veterinary Science, v. 92, n. 3, p. 366-371, JUN 2012. (07/04893-9)