Molecular detection of Coxiella burnetii in aborted bovine fetuses in Brazil

dc.contributor.authorMioni, Mateus de Souza Ribeiro [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorHenker, Luan Cleber
dc.contributor.authorTeixeira, Wanderson Sirley Reis [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorLorenzett, Marina Paula
dc.contributor.authorLabruna, Marcelo Bahia
dc.contributor.authorPavarini, Saulo Petinatti
dc.contributor.authorDriemeier, David
dc.contributor.authorRousset, Élodie
dc.contributor.authorSidi-Boumedine, Karim
dc.contributor.authorThiéry, Richard
dc.contributor.authorMegid, Jane [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.contributor.institutionUnité fièvre Q animale
dc.date.accessioned2022-04-29T08:38:08Z
dc.date.available2022-04-29T08:38:08Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-01
dc.description.abstractIn the past decade, cases of Q fever have been reported in Brazil. Although the previous report of Coxiella burnetii in humans and animals, the knowledge about the occurrence of this pathogen in livestock in Brazil is scarce. This study aimed to search C. burnetii and possible coinfections in tissues of aborted bovine fetuses from Brazil. Tissue samples from seventy-six aborted bovine fetuses sent to the laboratory of molecular diagnosis of infectious diseases from 2013 to 2019 were evaluated by real-time PCR for C. burnetii. Overall, 9.2% (7/76) of the samples were positive for C. burnetii. Moreover, the molecular diagnostic history of our lab revealed the coinfection with Neospora spp. in three fetuses and the presence of histopathological features suggestive with fetal neosporosis in another one. The previous report of C. burnetii in humans and animals in the country, with the detection of C. burnetii from tissues of aborted bovine fetuses reported here, reinforces the neglected state of the disease in Brazil and raises the question of the role of the pathogen in reproductive disorders in national livestock.en
dc.description.affiliationFaculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia Departamento de Higiene Veterinária e Saúde Pública Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Botucatu
dc.description.affiliationSetor de Patologia Veterinária Departamento de Patologia Clínica Veterinária Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
dc.description.affiliationUniversidade de São Paulo
dc.description.affiliationAnses Unité fièvre Q animale, Sophia Antipolis
dc.description.affiliationUnespFaculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia Departamento de Higiene Veterinária e Saúde Pública Universidade Estadual Paulista “Júlio de Mesquita Filho”, Botucatu
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.106258
dc.identifier.citationActa Tropica, v. 227.
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.actatropica.2021.106258
dc.identifier.issn1873-6254
dc.identifier.issn0001-706X
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85122078812
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/230145
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofActa Tropica
dc.sourceScopus
dc.subjectAbortion
dc.subjectCattle
dc.subjectPublic health
dc.subjectQ fever
dc.titleMolecular detection of Coxiella burnetii in aborted bovine fetuses in Brazilen
dc.typeArtigo

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