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Molecular and serological detection of Ehrlichia spp. in cats on São Luís Island, Maranhão, Brazil

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Title
Molecular and serological detection of Ehrlichia spp. in cats on São Luís Island, Maranhão, Brazil
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Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, April 2012
DOI 10.1590/s1984-29612012000100008
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Maria do Socorro Costa de Oliveira Braga, Marcos Rogério André, Carla Roberta Freschi, Márcia Cristina Alves Teixeira, Rosangela Zacarias Machado

Abstract

Ehrlichiosis is a tick-borne disease that affects both humans and animals. The few existing reports on ehrlichiosis in Brazilian cats have been based on observation of morulae in leukocytes and, more recently, on molecular detection of Ehrlichia sp. In this study, we assessed occurrences of Ehrlichia sp. in the blood of 200 domestic cats in São Luís, Maranhão. Of the 200 animals tested, 11 (5.5%) were seropositive for Ehrlichia sp. and two (1%) were positive for Ehrlichia sp. in PCR. We also performed DNA sequence alignment to establish the identity of the parasite species infecting these animals, using the gene 16S rRNA. One cat presented infection with Ehrlichia sp. with 98% identity with E. canis, and another cat infected with Ehrlichia sp. showed 97% identity with E. chaffeensis. This is the first study on molecular detection of Ehrlichia sp. among domestic cats in São Luís, Maranhão.

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Unknown 40 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 6 15%
Researcher 5 13%
Professor 4 10%
Student > Bachelor 3 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 2 5%
Other 4 10%
Unknown 16 40%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 13 33%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 13%
Immunology and Microbiology 3 8%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 1 3%
Materials Science 1 3%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 17 43%
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