Molecular detection of Leishmania spp. in road-killed wild mammals in the Central Western area of the State of Sao Paulo, Brazil.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Road-killed wild animals have been classified as sentinels for detecting such zoonotic pathogens as Leishmania spp., offering new opportunities for epidemiological studies of this infection.

Methods

This study aimed to evaluate the presence of Leishmania spp. and Leishmania chagasi DNA by PCR in tissue samples (lung, liver, spleen, kidney, heart, mesenteric lymph node and adrenal gland) from 70 road-killed wild animals.

Results

DNA was detected in tissues of one Cavia aperea (Brazilian guinea pig), five Cerdocyon thous (crab-eating fox), one Dasypus septemcinctus (seven-banded armadillo), two Didelphis albiventris (white-eared opossum), one Hydrochoerus hydrochoeris (capybara), two Myrmecophaga tridactyla (giant anteater), one Procyon cancrivorus (crab-eati

SUBMITTER: Richini-Pereira VB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4068874 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature