1. Molecular detection of Histoplasma capsulatum in insectivorous and frugivorous bats in Southeastern Brazil.
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Dos Santos B, Langoni H, da Silva RC, Menozzi BD, Bosco SMG, Paiz LM, Augusto LCR, and Richini-Pereira VB
- Subjects
- Animals, Brazil, Cities, Cross-Sectional Studies, DNA, Fungal genetics, DNA, Ribosomal genetics, Histoplasma genetics, Histoplasmosis microbiology, Lung microbiology, Polymerase Chain Reaction, Chiroptera microbiology, Histoplasma isolation & purification, Histoplasmosis veterinary
- Abstract
Bats are considered to play a significant role in the epidemiology of histoplasmosis, worldwide. We investigated the occurrence of H. capsulatum in lung samples from 89 bats, from urban areas in Southeastern Brazil, using nested PCR based on ribosomal DNA. Fungal DNA was detected in 31/89 samples (34.8%), of which 13/31 were Molossids (41.9%), 4/31 Eumops spp. (12.9%), 2/31 Artibeus lituratus (6.5%), and 12/31 others (38.7%). This is the first report of natural infection by H. capsulatum in A. lituratus in Southeastern Brazil, which reinforces the importance of these synanthropic animals in the epidemiology of histoplasmosis in urban areas.
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- 2018
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