Presença de anticorpos da classe IgM de Leptospira interrogans em animais silvestres do Estado do Tocantins, 2002 Presence of IgM antibodies for Leptospira interrogans in wild animals from Tocantins State, 2002

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Milton Formiga de Souza Júnior, Zélia Inês Portela Lobato, Francisco Carlos Faria Lobato, Élvio Carlos Moreira, Rogério Rodrigues de Oliveira, Geysa Goulart Leite, Theonys Diógenes Freitas, Ronnie Antunes de Assis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2006
• Subjects: Leptospirose; Leptospira interrogans; Animais silvestres; IgM; Leptospirosis; Wild animals; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Pomona
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822006000300015; https://doaj.org/article/4f47981c628d4f7c85f8c8d877dd45c7

Quatrocentos e vinte e sete amostras de soro provenientes de animais silvestres foram testadas frente a 18 sorovariedades de Leptospira interrogans. De 286 amostras de Cebus apella, 46 (16,1%) foram positivas para as sorovariedades pomona, brasiliensis, mini, swajizak, grippothyphosa, sarmin, fluminense, autumnalis, hebdomadis, guaratuba, javanica e icterohaemorhagiae. Das 82 de Alouatta caraya, 2 (2,4%) foram positivas para as sorovariedades mangus e fluminense. Das 31 de Nasua nasua, 4 (12,9%) foram positivas para as sorovariedades fluminense e javanica. Das 10 amostras de Cerdocyon thous, 2 (20%) foram positivas para as sorovariedades fluminense e brasiliensis. Sete de Dasyprocta sp, 6 de Tamandua tetradactila e 5 de Euphractus sexcintus não apresentaram reatividade. Four hundred and twenty-seven serum samples of wild animals were tested against 18 serovars of Leptospira interrogans. Of 286 samples of Cebus apella, 46 (16.1%) were positive for the serovars pomona, brasiliensis, mini, swajizak, grippotyphosa, sarmin, fluminense, autumnalis, hebdomadis, guaratuba, javanica and icterohaemorrhagiae. Of 82 samples of Alouatta caraya, 2 (2.4%) were positive for the serovars mangus and fluminense. Of 31 samples of Nasua nasua, 4 (12.9%) were positive for the serovars fluminense and javanica, and of 10 samples of Cerdocyon thous, 2 (20 %) were positive for the serovars fluminense and brasiliensis. Seven samples of Dasyprocta sp, 6 of Tamandua tetradactyla and 5 of Euphractus sexcintus did not present reactivity.