Investigation of Bartonella spp. in brazilian mammals with emphasis on rodents and bats from the Atlantic Forest.

ABSTRACT: The Bartonella species are zoonotic agents that infect mammals and are transmitted by arthropod vectors. Approximately 18 distinct genotypes cause diseases in humans, and may be spread by both domestic and wild animals. In Brazil, Bartonella genotypes have been identified in several species of wild mammals, and in the present study, we analyzed samples from non-human primates (marmosets), marsupials, rodents, and bats, and compared them with the genotypes described in mammals from Brazil, to examine the distribution of Bartonella genotypes in two impacted areas of Rio de Janeiro state, in southeastern Brazil. We used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) methods to detect the Bartonella DNA using partial sequences of the gltA, ftsZ, and groEL genes. We g

SUBMITTER: Goncalves-Oliveira J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7452516 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature