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| Author(s): |
Roberta Carvalho de Freitas e Azevedo
[1]
;
Giovanna Stefani Nosberto Castelli
[2]
;
Ryan Emiliano da Silva
[3]
;
Jaciara de Oliveira Jorge Costa
[4]
;
Renata Tonhosolo
[5]
;
Eduardo Alberto Reis
[6]
;
Jonas Moraes Filho
[7]
;
Arlei Marcili
Total Authors: 8
|
| Affiliation: | [1] Universidade Santo Amaro (UNISA). Programa de Mestrado em Medicina e Bem-estar Animal - Brasil
[2] Universidade Santo Amaro (UNISA). Programa de Mestrado em Medicina e Bem-estar Animal - Brasil
[3] Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal - Brasil
[4] Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Saúde Animal - Brasil
[5] Universidade Santo Amaro (UNISA). Faculdade de Medicina - Brasil
[6] Universidade Santo Amaro (UNISA). Programa de Mestrado em Medicina e Bem-estar Animal - Brasil
[7] Universidade Santo Amaro (UNISA). Programa de Mestrado em Medicina e Bem-estar Animal - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 8
|
| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Ciência Rural; v. 50, n. 9 2020-07-10. |
| Abstract | |
ABSTRACT: Vector-borne diseases are currently one of the biggest public health concerns worldwide. Dogs, being the closest companion animals to humans, are considered the main reservoir of some of these diseases in the urban environment. Therefore, the study of the disease behavior in dogs can help to understand the disease affecting human health. Serological and molecular diagnoses of Babesia vogeli, Rangelia vitalli, Leishmania infantum, and other trypanosomatids, were performed by immunochromatographic and PCR assays, respectively, on dogs in a dog shelter located in an Atlantic Forest fragment near the Billings Dam, São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo-Brazil. Our molecular diagnostic results showed a high prevalence of Babesia vogeli, at 20.9% (17/81). No other protozoan was detected in any of the tests. Determining the prevalence of major vector-borne diseases is essential to establish preventive and control measures for zoonotic diseases in animals kept in shelters, in order to minimize the impact of vector-borne diseases on animal health. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 15/25592-3 - Taxonomy and phylogeny of Trypanosoma species: description of a new species from wild animals |
| Grantee: | Arlei Marcili |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |