Hemotropic mycoplasmas (hemoplasmas) in free-ranging bats from Southern Brazil
2020
Correia dos Santos, Leonilda | Vidotto, Odilon | dos Santos, Nelson Jessé Rodrigues | Ribeiro, Juliano | Pellizzaro, Maysa | dos Santos, Andrea Pires | Haisi, Amanda | Wischral Jayme Vieira, Thállitha Samih | de Barros Filho, Ivan Roque | Cubilla, Michelle Pires | Araujo, João Pessoa | da Costa Vieira, Rafael Felipe | Ullmann, Leila Sabrina | Biondo, Alexander Welker
Hemotropic mycoplasmas (hemoplasmas) are bacteria distributed worldwide and affect domestic and wildlife animals and human beings. Hemoplasmas have been described infecting hematophagous and non-hematophagous bats; however, transmission risk and zoonotic potential in vampire bats remain to be fully established. This study aimed to evaluate the presence of hemotropic mycoplasma species in free-ranging bats from this area using a universal PCR protocol for hemoplasmas. Accordingly, ten blood samples were collected from six male common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus), two male hairy-legged vampire bats (Diphylla ecaudata), and two female non-hematophagous Pallas's mastiff bats (Molossus sp.) from the Curitiba’s region, Paraná State, Southern Brazil. A total of eight (8/10) blood samples were positive byconventional PCR; five (5/6) Desmodus rotundus, two (2/2) Diphylla ecaudata, and one (1/2) Molossus sp. bats. The analyses of the partial sequence of the 16S rDNA gene suggest that the hemoplasma detected in Desmodus rotundus in South Brazil has a high identity compared to the hemoplasma circulating in vampire bats from Central and South America.
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