Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical ()

Detection of antibodies against Leptospira spp in free-living marsupials caught in the Eastern Amazon

  • Gleiciane Schupp de Sena Mesquita,
  • Katarine de Souza Rocha,
  • Thamillys Rayssa Marques Monteiro,
  • Marcely Karen Santos do Rosário,
  • Ianny Watuzy Monteiro Baia,
  • Helyanne de Sousa Pereira,
  • Valiria Duarte Cerqueira,
  • Carla Cristina Guimarães de Moraes

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0236-2017
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 51, no. 3
pp. 368 – 371

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Abstract INTRODUCTION: Serological surveys are important to assess the health status of wild animals. In this study, antibodies against Leptospira spp, causal agents of leptospirosis, were detected in free-living marsupials in the State of Pará, Brazil. METHODS: Nineteen blood samples collected from marsupials in the municipalities of Peixe-Boi, Viseu, and Castanhal were subjected to microscopic agglutination tests. RESULTS: In total, 36.8% (7/19) of samples were positive, and two exhibited co-agglutination. The most frequent serovars were Icterohaemorrhagiae (60%; 3/5), Panama (20%; 1/5), and Nupezo (20%; 1/5). CONCLUSIONS: Anti-Leptospira spp antibodies currently circulate in free-living marsupials in Northeastern Pará.

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