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Mariana Malzoni Furtado1, Betina Metzger, Anah Tereza de Almeida Jácomo1, Marcelo Bahia Labruna, Thiago Fernandes Martins, Lucia Helena O'Dwyer, Karina Dos Santos Paduan, Grasiela E O Porfírio1, Leandro Silveira1, Rahel Sollmann1, Sueli Akemi Taniwaki, Natália Mundim Tôrres1, José Soares Ferreira Neto.
Abstract
This study investigated the presence of Hepatozoon spp. in jaguars ( Panthera onca ) and domestic animals in the Cerrado, Amazon, and Pantanal biomes of Brazil. Between February 2000 and January 2010, blood samples were collected from 30 jaguars, 129 domestic dogs ( Canis lupus familiaris), and 22 domestic cats ( Felis catus ) for molecular tests. All of the jaguars from the Pantanal (n = 22) and Cerrado (n = 4) and 3 of 4 jaguars from the Amazon were positive for Hepatozoon spp. Domestic dogs (62.8%) and cats (31.8%) were also positive for the agent. Hepatozoon nucleotide sequences from jaguars and domestic cats grouped with other Hepatozoon felis, whereas Hepatozoon from domestic dogs showed high similarity to Hepatozoon canis. Different species of Amblyomma were identified as parasitizing the jaguars and may act as vectors for Hepatozoon spp. Jaguars from the 3 sites were healthy and did not seem to be threatened by the hemoparasite within its population or environments. Most likely, jaguars play an important role in the maintenance of Hepatozoon spp. in nature.Entities:
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Year: 2017 PMID： 28207298 DOI： 10.1645/16-99
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Parasitol ISSN： 0022-3395 Impact factor: 1.276