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ArticleActa parasitologica2020

First Detection of Toxoplasma gondii DNA in a Wild Bat from Colombia.

Alejandro Zamora-Vélez, Sebastián Cuadrado-Ríos, Andrés Hernández-Pinsón, Hugo Mantilla-Meluk, Jorge Enrique Gómez-Marín

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Article in Acta parasitologica, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Alejandro Zamora-VélezGrupo de Estudio en Parasitología y Micología Molecular GEPAMOL, Universidad del Quindío, Armenia, Quindío, Colombia. oazamorav@uqvirtual.edu.co.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4258-000X
Sebastián Cuadrado-RíosGrupo de Biodiversidad y Conservación Genética, Instituto de Genética, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1060-820X
Andrés Hernández-PinsónColección de Mastozoología y Centro de Estudios de Alta Montaña, Universidad del Quindío, Carrera 15 Calle 12N, Armenia, Quindío, Colombia.
Hugo Mantilla-MelukColección de Mastozoología y Centro de Estudios de Alta Montaña, Universidad del Quindío, Carrera 15 Calle 12N, Armenia, Quindío, Colombia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8134-3694
Jorge Enrique Gómez-MarínGrupo de Estudio en Parasitología y Micología Molecular GEPAMOL, Universidad del Quindío, Armenia, Quindío, Colombia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6472-3329
University of Quindío · CO

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionToxoplasma gondii infections have been reported for many warm-blooded animals around the world including chiropterans. However, in Colombia, the country that holds the highest taxonomic richness of this order of mammals in the Neotropics, up to date there are no reports of T. gondii in bats (Carollia brevicauda). PURPOSE: The objective of the present study was to detect T. gondii DNA from internal bat organs from Quindío, Colombia.

resultsWe report the first detection of T. gondii DNA from internal bat organs in the department of Quindio, Central Andes of Colombia. Out of three silky short tail bat (Carollia brevicauda) specimens collected at the natural reserve "La Montaña del Ocaso", organs were recovered (lungs, liver, heart, kidneys, small and large intestine) and tested for T. gondii through PCR for B1 sequence, with 1/3 (33.3%) positive result for the presence of T. gondii DNA in bat kidney tissues.

conclusionTaking into consideration the high diversity of bat species in Colombia, and the complexity of the ecological and functional relationships that these organisms establish in the ecosystems they inhabit, we discuss on the urgent need for more detailed research and surveys for Toxoplansma in bats and other mammalian wild species.

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ChiropteraToxoplasmaToxoplasmosis, AnimalAnimalsColombiaDNA, ProtozoanEcosystemDNA, ProtozoanBatColombiaPCRToxoplasma

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PMID32436053
PMCPMC7238717
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