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| Author(s): |
Marina Galvão Bueno
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2012-03-22 |
| Examining board members: |
José Luiz Catão Dias;
Sabrina Epiphanio;
Maria Cecília Martins Kierulff;
Paulo César Maiorka;
Rafael Veríssimo Monteiro
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| Advisor: | José Luiz Catão Dias |
| Abstract | |
This study investigated the occurrence of infections caused by Plasmodium spp. and Leishmania spp. in neotropical primates. Specimens were obtained both in captivity and in the wild in regions impacted by human activities in the Atlantic Forest and Amazon, Brazil. The pathogens investigated are responsible for significant zoonotic processes that affect humans, domestic and wild animals, with significant economic and environmental losses. The samples were collected and submitted for analysis by serological and molecular tests. The results suggest the transmission of Plasmodium spp. in primates from captive to those in the wild. In São Paulo state our data point for the presence of P. malariae and P. simium, this latter being found in Callicebus nigrifrons. In the Amazon, our data indicate the presence of P. brasilianum. Leishmania (L.) chagasi, L. (L.) amazonensis and the Leishmania Viannia complex circulates among the captive primates in São Paulo state. In the Amazon, 5.2% (1/19) of the primates sampled were detected by PCR as positive for L. (L.) chagasi. The results of this work may improve animal and public health approaches in relation to the neotropical primates in the regions studied. (AU) | |