TY - JOUR
T1 - Hantavirus antibodies among phyllostomid bats from the arc of deforestation in Southern Amazonia, Brazil
AU - Sabino-Santos, Gilberto
AU - Ferreira, Francimeire Fernandes
AU - da Silva, David José Ferreira
AU - Machado, Danilo Melo
AU - da Silva, Sergio Gomes
AU - São Bernardo, Christine Steiner
AU - dos Santos Filho, Manoel
AU - Levi, Taal
AU - Figueiredo, Luiz Tadeu Moraes
AU - Peres, Carlos A.
AU - de Morais Bronzoni, Roberta Vieira
AU - Canale, Gustavo Rodrigues
N1 - Funding Information: Global Innovation Initiative Grant Number: 2014-201 and British Council Grant Number: 2014-201;
Sao Paulo State Foundation grants Grant Numbers: 16/02568-2, 14/02438-6;
Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) Grant Number: 1513923;
Federal Institute of Sciences, Education and Technologies of Mato Grosso State, Pontes e Lacerda PROPES Grant Numbers: 046/2015, 032/2019.
PY - 2020/5
Y1 - 2020/5
N2 - In order to determine whether southern Amazonian bats could harbour hantaviruses we, serologically and molecularly, screened blood, saliva, excreta and organ tissues of 47 bats captured from September to December 2015. We found that only phyllostomid bats presented antibodies against hantavirus. The seropositive bats belonged to two species of Phyllostomid bats: the greater spear-nosed bat Phyllostomus hastatus (omnivorous) and the gnome fruit-eating bat Dermanura gnoma. The overall seroprevalence was of 4.2%. Therefore, we show here that hantaviruses are circulating among phyllostomid bats in the Amazonian arc of deforestation.
AB - In order to determine whether southern Amazonian bats could harbour hantaviruses we, serologically and molecularly, screened blood, saliva, excreta and organ tissues of 47 bats captured from September to December 2015. We found that only phyllostomid bats presented antibodies against hantavirus. The seropositive bats belonged to two species of Phyllostomid bats: the greater spear-nosed bat Phyllostomus hastatus (omnivorous) and the gnome fruit-eating bat Dermanura gnoma. The overall seroprevalence was of 4.2%. Therefore, we show here that hantaviruses are circulating among phyllostomid bats in the Amazonian arc of deforestation.
KW - arc of deforestation
KW - hantavirus infection
KW - Neotropical bats
KW - spillover
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U2 - 10.1111/tbed.13442
DO - 10.1111/tbed.13442
M3 - Article
C2 - 31793244
AN - SCOPUS:85077380377
VL - 67
SP - 1045
EP - 1051
JO - Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
JF - Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
SN - 1865-1674
IS - 3
ER -
