LILACS – Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Ciencias de la Salud

Hemoplasma infection in wild captive carnivores

Hemoplasmas are bacteria able to adhere themselves loosely to the plasma membrane of erythrocytes and may parasitize several species of mammals. There are three known species of hemoplasmas that parasitize domestic and wild cats: Mycoplasma haemofelis, 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum' and 'Candidatus...

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

Fontalvo, Mariana Campos; Favacho, Alexsandra Rodrigues de Mendonça; Araujo, Andreina de Carvalho; Santos, Naylla Mayana dos; Oliveira, Glauber Meneses Barboza de; Aguiar, Daniel Moura; Lemos, Elba Regina Sampaio de; Horta, Mauricio Claudio.

Braz. j. infect. dis; 21 (3), 2017

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 (...

Animales Salvajes/microbiología, Animales Salvajes/parasitología, Bartonella/genética, Bartonella/aislamiento & purificación, Infecciones por Bartonella/epidemiología, Infecciones por Bartonella/veterinaria, Brasil, Canidae/microbiología, Canidae/parasitología, ADN Bacteriano/genética, Infestaciones por Pulgas/veterinaria, Técnica del Anticuerpo Fluorescente Indirecta, Infestaciones por Piojos/veterinaria, Marsupiales/microbiología, Marsupiales/parasitología, Reacción en Cadena de la Polimerasa, Roedores/microbiología, Roedores/parasitología, Infestaciones por Garrapatas/veterinaria

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