Hantavirus antibodies among phyllostomid bats from the arc of deforestation in Southern Amazonia, Brazil

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Sabino-Santos Jr, Gilberto ; Ferreira, Francimeire Fernandes ^{[1, 2]} ; Ferreira da Silva, David Jose ^[3] ; Machado, Danilo Melo ^[4] ; da Silva, Sergio Gomes ^[5] ; Sao Bernardo, Christine Steiner ^[6] ; dos Santos Filho, Manoel ^[6] ; Levi, Taal ^[7] ; Moraes Figueiredo, Luiz Tadeu ^[4] ; Peres, Carlos A. ^[8] ; de Morais Bronzoni, Roberta Vieira ^[3] ; Canale, Gustavo Rodrigues ^[1]

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Fed Mato Grosso, Biol Collect Southern Amazon, Sinop, MT - Brazil

^[2] Univ Estado Mato Grosso, Dept Biol Sci, Grad Program Environm Sci, Caceres, MT - Brazil

^[3] Univ Fed Mato Grosso, Vet Med Hosp, Lab Immunol & Virol, Sinop, MT - Brazil

^[4] Sabino-Santos Jr, Jr., Gilberto, Univ Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto Med Sch, Ctr Virol Res, Ribeirao Preto, SP - Brazil

^[5] Fed Inst Sci Educ & Technol Mato Grosso State, Lab Biol & Ecol Sci, Pontes and Lacerda, MT - Brazil

^[6] Univ Estado Mato Grosso, Dept Biol Sci, Lab Mammal, Caceres, MT - Brazil

^[7] Oregon State Univ, Dept Fisheries & Wildlife, Lab Quantitat Wildlife Ecol Conservat & Environm, Corvallis, OR 97331 - USA

^[8] Univ East Anglia, Sch Environm Sci, Norwich, Norfolk - England

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: TRANSBOUNDARY AND EMERGING DISEASES; v. 67, n. 3 DEC 2019.
• Web of Science Citations: 0

Abstract

In order to determine whether southern Amazonian bats could harbour hantaviruses we, serologically and molecularly, screened blood, saliva, excreta and organ tissues of 47 bats captured from September to December 2015. We found that only phyllostomid bats presented antibodies against hantavirus. The seropositive bats belonged to two species of Phyllostomid bats: the greater spear-nosed bat Phyllostomus hastatus (omnivorous) and the gnome fruit-eating bat Dermanura gnoma. The overall seroprevalence was of 4.2%. Therefore, we show here that hantaviruses are circulating among phyllostomid bats in the Amazonian arc of deforestation. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 14/02438-6 - Studies with Bunyaviridae that produce human disease
• Grantee: Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• FAPESP's process: 16/02568-2 - Research on hantavirus and other viruses in wild small mammals and their ectoparasites
• Grantee: Gilberto Sabino dos Santos Junior
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral