Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2017 |
Authors: | M. Campos Fontalvo, de Mendonça_Favacho, A. Rodrigues, de Carvalho_Araujo, A., Santos, N. Mayana dos, de Oliveira, G. Meneses Ba, Aguiar, D. Moura, de Lemos, E. Regina Sam, Horta, M. Claudio |
Journal: | The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
Volume: | 21 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pagination: | 290 - 296 |
Date Published: | Jan-05-2017 |
ISSN: | 14138670 |
Keywords: | Bartonella, Brazil, flea, lice, Tick |
Abstract: | This study verified the occurrence of Bartonella spp. in dogs, cats, wild mammals and their ectoparasites in Petrolina and Lagoa Grande Counties, Pernambuco, located in a semi- arid region in Northeastern Brazil. Anti-Bartonella spp. antibodies were detected by indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) in 24.8% of dogs (27/109) and in 15% of cats (6/40). Bartonella sp. DNA was identified by PCR performed on DNA extracted from blood and ectopara- sites using primers targeting Bartonella sp. gltA and ribC genes in 100% (9/9) of Pulex irritans from Cerdocyon thous, 57.4% (35/61) of P. irritans from dogs, 2.3% (1/43) of Ctenocephalides felis felis from dogs, 53.3% (24/45) of C. felis felis from cats, and 10% (1/10) of Polyplax spp. from Thrichomys apereoides. DNA sequencing identified Bartonella clarridgeiae and Bartonella hense- lae in C. felis felis from cats, Bartonella rochalimae in P. irritans from dog and C. thous, and Bartonella vinsoni berkhofii in P. irritans from dog. |
URL: | https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1413867016303166 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.bjid.2017.02.002 |
Short Title: | The Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
Bartonella species pathogenic for humans infect pets, free-ranging wild mammals and their ectoparasites in the Caatinga biome, Northeastern Brazil: a serological and molecular study
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