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Leptospira spp., rotavirus, norovirus, and hepatitis E virus surveillance in a wild invasive golden-headed lion tamarin (Leontopithecus chrysomelas; Kuhl, 1820) population from an urban park in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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American journal of primatology [Am J Primatol] 2019 Mar; Vol. 81 (3), pp. e22961. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Mar 04. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- The world currently faces severe biodiversity losses caused by anthropogenic activities such as deforestation, pollution, the introduction of exotic species, habitat fragmentation, and climate changes. Disease ecology in altered environments is still poorly understood. The golden-headed lion tamarin (GHLT, Leontopithecus chrysomelas) is an endangered species that became invasive in an urban park in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The initially few invasive GHLT individuals became hundreds, adapted to living in proximity to humans and domestic animals. These GHLTs were captured as part of a conservation project; some animals were translocated to Bahia and some were kept in captivity. This study tested 593 GHLT for Leptospira serology; 100 and 95 GHLT for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) toLeptospira and hepatitis E virus genotype 3 (HEV-3), respectively, and 101 familiar groups for PCR to viruses (rotavirus A, norovirus GI and GII, and HEV-3). One animal had antibodies for Leptospira serovar Shermani and another for serovar Hebdomadis. One saprophyticLeptospira was found by the 16S PCR and sequencing. Viruses were not detected in samples tested. Findings suggest that the epidemiological importance of such pathogens in this GHLT population is either low or nonexistent. These data are important to understand the local disease ecology, as well as monitoring a translocation project, and to contribute data for species conservation.<br /> (© 2019 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
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- Animals
Brazil epidemiology
Endangered Species
Female
Hepatitis E virus isolation & purification
Introduced Species
Leptospirosis epidemiology
Leptospirosis veterinary
Male
Norovirus isolation & purification
Polymerase Chain Reaction veterinary
Rotavirus isolation & purification
Leontopithecus microbiology
Leptospira isolation & purification
Monkey Diseases epidemiology
Monkey Diseases microbiology
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1098-2345
- Volume :
- 81
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- American journal of primatology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30828830
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ajp.22961