Detecção de hemoplasmas e bartonella sp. e co-infecção com retrovírus em gatos submetidos a um programa de castração/esterilização em jaboticabal, SP, Brasil
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2012-07-01
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de Bortoli, Caroline Plácidi [UNESP]
André, Marcos Rogério [UNESP]
Seki, Meire Christina [UNESP]
Pinto, Aramis Augusto [UNESP]
de Tarso Zacarias Machado, Saulo [UNESP]
Machado, Rosangela Zacarias [UNESP]
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Hemotrophic mycoplasmas and Bartonella species are important pathogens that circulate between cats and invertebrate hosts, occasionally causing diseases in humans. Nevertheless, there are few reports on occurrences of these agents in cats in Brazil. The present study aimed to detect the presence of hemoplasma and Bartonella DNA by means of PCR and sequencing. FIV antigens and anti-FeLV antibodies, were studied by using a commercial kit on blood and serum samples, respectively, among 46 cats that were sampled during a spaying/neutering campaign conducted in Jaboticabal, SP. Three (6.5%) cats were positive for hemoplasmas: two (4.3%) for 'Candidatus M. haemominutum' and one (2.2%) for both M. haemofelis and 'Candidatus M. turicensis'. One of the two 'Candidatus M. haemominutum'-infected cats was also positive for FeLV antigens and showed antibodies for FIV. Two cats (4.3%) were positive for B. henselae. One of them was also positive for FeLV antigens. Eight cats (17.4%) were positive for FeLV, and just one (2.2%) showed anti-FIV antibodies. Bartonella species and hemoplasmas associated with infection due to retroviruses can circulate among apparently healthy cats.
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Bartonella henselae, Cats, FeLV, FIV, Hemotrophic mycoplasmas
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Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinaria, v. 21, n. 3, p. 219-223, 2012.