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Thamirys de Souza Gonçalves1, Flávia de Nazaré Leite Barros1, Larissa Saori Inoue1, Diana Maria de Farias1, Jaqueline Dos Santos Lima1, Adriana Vasconcelos Nobre1, Eveline Simões Azenha Aidar2, Rafael Romeu Ferreira Diniz3, Ana Paula Gering3, Alessandra Scofield4.
Abstract
The objective of this study was to detect natural Theileria equi infection in captive tapirs (Tapirus terrestris) in the Brazilian Amazon. Samples from 19 captive tapirs were collected from zoological and botanical gardens and conservation parks in the Pará (n = 18) and Amazonas (n = 1) states. Whole-blood samples were collected for subsequent screening of T. equi DNA by PCR using the BEC-UF2 and EQUI-R primer set. Microscopic analyses of blood smears revealed T. equi trophozoites in 37% (7/19) of the animals examined, and T. equi DNA was detected in 58% (11/19) of the blood samples analyzed. Sequencing of amplified PCR products revealed an identity with T. equi isolates obtained from horses and waterbuck available in GenBank. In conclusion, T. equi infection occurs in captive tapirs in the Brazilian Amazon, and these mammals could potentially act as reservoirs.Entities:
Keywords: Brazil; Tapirus terrestris; Theileria equi
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Year: 2020 PMID： 32360027 DOI： 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101452
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Ticks Tick Borne Dis ISSN： 1877-959X Impact factor: 3.744