Hemotropic mycoplasmas (hemoplasmas) in free-ranging bats from Southern Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Correia dos Santos, Leonilda
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Vidotto, Odilon, dos Santos, Nelson Jessé Rodrigues, Ribeiro, Juliano, Pellizzaro, Maysa, dos Santos, Andrea Pires, Haisi, Amanda [UNESP], Wischral Jayme Vieira, Thállitha Samih, de Barros Filho, Ivan Roque, Cubilla, Michelle Pires, Araujo, João Pessoa [UNESP], da Costa Vieira, Rafael Felipe, Ullmann, Leila Sabrina [UNESP], Biondo, Alexander Welker
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cimid.2020.101416; http://hdl.handle.net/11449/198379
• topic: Bats; Infectious diseases; Mycoplasma spp.; Neotropical; One health; Zoonoses

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.