Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2022)

Hemotropic Mycoplasma spp. in Aquatic Mammals, Amazon Basin, Brazil

  • Aricia Duarte-Benvenuto,
  • Carlos Sacristán,
  • Ana Carolina Ewbank,
  • Irene Sacristán,
  • Roberta Zamana-Ramblas,
  • Waleska Gravena,
  • Daniela M.D. Mello,
  • Vera M. Ferreira da Silva,
  • Miriam Marmontel,
  • Vitor L. Carvalho,
  • Juliana Marigo,
  • José L. Catão-Dias

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2812.220971
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 12
pp. 2556 – 2559

Abstract

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Hemotropic Mycoplasma spp. (hemoplasmas) are uncultivable bacteria that infect mammals, including humans. We detected a potentially novel hemoplasma species in blood samples from wild river dolphins in the Amazon River Basin, Brazil. Further investigation could determine pathogenicity and zoonotic potential of the detected hemoplasma.

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