10.6084/m9.figshare.6124550.v1
Maria do Socorro Costa de Oliveira Braga
Maria do Socorro Costa de Oliveira
Braga
José Gomes Pereira
José Gomes
Pereira
Simone de Jesus Fernandes
Simone de Jesus
Fernandes
Ingrid Carolinne Lopes Marques
Ingrid Carolinne Lopes
Marques
Renata Passos de Jesus
Renata Passos de
Jesus
Gleycianny Santos Ferreira
Gleycianny Santos
Ferreira
Daniele Rosa Xavier
Daniele Rosa
Xavier
Jyan Lucas Benevenute
Jyan Lucas
Benevenute
Rosangela Zacarias Machado
Rosangela Zacarias
Machado
Marcos Rogério André
Marcos Rogério
André
Molecular detection of Anaplasmataceae agents in Dasyprocta azarae in northeastern Brazil
SciELO journals
2018
Azara’s agouti
Ehrlichia
rodents
molecular characterization
2018-04-11 02:40:45
Dataset
https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Molecular_detection_of_Anaplasmataceae_agents_in_Dasyprocta_azarae_in_northeastern_Brazil/6124550
<div><p>Abstract Recently, the importance of wild-living rodents for maintenance of pathogens of the family Anaplasmataceae in the environment was investigated. These mammals play a role as reservoirs for these pathogens and act as hosts for the immature stages of tick vectors. The aim of the present study was to investigate the prevalence of Ehrlichia sp. and Anaplasma sp. in 24 specimens of Azara’s agouti (Dasyprocta azarae) that had been trapped in the Itapiracó Environmental Reserve, in São Luís, Maranhão, northeastern Brazil, using molecular methods. Four animals (16.7%) were positive for Ehrlichia spp. in nested PCR assays based on the 16S rRNA gene. In a phylogenetic analysis based on the 16S rRNA gene, using the maximum likelihood method and the GTRGAMMA+I evolutionary model, Ehrlichia sp. genotypes detected in Azara’s agoutis were found to be closely related to E. canis and to genotypes relating to E. canis that had previously been detected in free-living animals in Brazil. The present work showed the first molecular detection of Ehrlichia sp. in Azara’s agoutis in Brazil.</p></div>