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| Author(s): |
Bueno, Larissa M.
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Melo, Danilo M.
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Azevedo, Roberta D.
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de Souza, William M.
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Figueiredo, Luiz T. M.
Total Authors: 5
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene; v. N/A, p. 4-pg., 2022-12-07. |
| Abstract | |
Background Although hantaviruses have long been associated with rodents, they are also described in other mammalian hosts, such as shrews, moles and bats. Hantaviruses associated with bats have been described in Asian, European and Brazilian species of bats. As these mammals represent the second major mammalian order, and they are the major mammals that inhabit urban areas, it is extremely important to maintain a viral surveillance in these animals. Our aim was to conduct serosurveillance in bats in an urban area in the city of Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo State, Brazil, to contribute to the information about hantaviruses circulation in bats. Methods We analyzed samples from 778 neotropical bat specimens classified into 21 bat species and four different families collected in the urban area of Ribeirao Preto city, from 2014 to 2019 by an ELISA for the detection of IgG antibodies against orthohantavirus. Results We detected IgG-specific antibodies against the nucleoprotein of orthohantavirus in 0.9% (7/778) bats tested, including four Molossus molossus (Pallas' Free-tailed Bat), two Glossophaga soricina (Pallas's Long-tongued Bat) and one Eumops glaucinus (Wagner's mastiff bat). Conclusions Overall, our results show the first serological evidence of hantavirus infection in three common bat species in urban areas. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 19/07443-1 - Investigation on hantavirus and other virus (Bunyaviridae) in small mammals and their ectoparasites |
| Grantee: | Larissa Mayumi Bueno |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |
| FAPESP's process: | 14/02438-6 - Studies with Bunyaviridae that produce human disease |
| Grantee: | Luiz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |