Detection of hantavirus in bats from remaining rain forest in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The significant biodiversity found in Brazil is a potential for the emergence of new zoonoses. Study in some places of the world suggest of the presence to hantavirus in tissues of bats. Researches of hantavirus in wildlife, out rodents, are very scarce in Brazil. Therefore we decided to investigate in tissues of different species of wild animals captured in the same region where rodents were detected positive for this virus. The present work analyzed ninety-one animals (64 rodents, 19 opossums, and 8 bats) from a region of the Atlantic forest in Biritiba Mirin City, São Paulo State, Brazil. Lungs and kidneys were used for RNA extraction.

Findings

The samples were screened for evidence of hantavirus infection by SYBR-Green-based real-time RT-PCR. Sixteen samples p

SUBMITTER: de Araujo J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3598921 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature