First isolation and genotyping of Toxoplasma gondii in a free-living giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) revealed a unique non-archetypal genotype

• Autor(a) principal: Pena, Hilda Fátima Jesus
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Ferrari, Vinícius Matheus [UNESP], Aires, Luiz Paulo Nogueira, Soares, Herbert Sousa, Oliveira, Solange, Alves, Bruna Farias, Gennari, Solange Maria, Dubey, Jitender P., de Mattos, Luiz Carlos, de Mattos, Cinara Cássia Brandão, Castiglioni, Lilian [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105335; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/201104
• topic: Genotyping; Giant anteater; Isolation; Microsatellites; PCR-RFLP; Toxoplasmosis

The protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii can infect virtually all warm-blooded animals worldwide but little is known of its infection in the endangered giant anteaters (Myrmecophaga tridactyla). The present study found antibodies to T. gondii in 13 of 23 free-living M. tridactyla from the northwest region of São Paulo state, Brazil, by the Modified Agglutination Test (MAT, cut-off titer 1:25). Unfrozen tissues of seven M. tridactyla were bioassayed in mice and viable T. gondii (strain designated TgMytrBrSP1) isolated from one seropositive giant anteater. To our knowledge, this is a new host record for T. gondii. Genotyping using PCR-RFLP revealed the Brazilian clonal Type BrIII genotype, and a unique non-archetypal genotype was revealed by microsatellite analysis.