Toxoplasma gondii genotyping in a dog co-infected with distemper virus and ehrlichiosis rickettsia Genotipagem de Toxoplasma gondii em cão co-infectado com o vírus da cinomose e a rickettsia da erliquiose
This paper reports a toxoplasmosis, erhlichiosis and distemper co-infection in a dog with an exuberant neuropathological clinical picture. Primary involvement was discussed based on information collected in the analysis of the clinical case, such as neurological impairment, epidemiological data, poo...
Published in: | Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
---|---|
Main Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
2006
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652006000600012 https://doaj.org/article/7daa47374bff4191bb7c65ac39448dc5 |
id |
ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:7daa47374bff4191bb7c65ac39448dc5 |
---|---|
record_format |
openpolar |
spelling |
ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:7daa47374bff4191bb7c65ac39448dc5 2024-09-09T19:28:09+00:00 Toxoplasma gondii genotyping in a dog co-infected with distemper virus and ehrlichiosis rickettsia Genotipagem de Toxoplasma gondii em cão co-infectado com o vírus da cinomose e a rickettsia da erliquiose Leandro d'Arc Moretti Aristeu Vieira da Silva Márcio Garcia Ribeiro Antonio Carlos Paes Hélio Langoni 2006-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652006000600012 https://doaj.org/article/7daa47374bff4191bb7c65ac39448dc5 EN eng Universidade de São Paulo (USP) http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652006000600012 https://doaj.org/toc/0036-4665 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9946 doi:10.1590/S0036-46652006000600012 0036-4665 1678-9946 https://doaj.org/article/7daa47374bff4191bb7c65ac39448dc5 Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 48, Iss 6, Pp 359-363 (2006) Toxoplasmosis Ehrlichiosis Distemper Co-infection Dogs Immunosuppression Genotyping Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 article 2006 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652006000600012 2024-08-05T17:49:30Z This paper reports a toxoplasmosis, erhlichiosis and distemper co-infection in a dog with an exuberant neuropathological clinical picture. Primary involvement was discussed based on information collected in the analysis of the clinical case, such as neurological impairment, epidemiological data, poor immunoprophylactic scheme of the dog affected and the role of these diseases on immunosuppression. Canine distemper and ehrlichiosis were diagnosed based on epidemiologic data, clinical signs, hematological and cytological evaluation. Toxoplasma gondii was isolated and genetically characterized as Type I using restriction analysis (RFLP) with SAG-2 genes. Immunosuppression features of both dogs and human beings are discussed, as well as implications on animal and public health. This is the first report on toxoplasmosis, ehrlichiosis and distemper co-infection in a dog in Brazil, associated with genotyping determination of the T. gondii strain involved. Este artigo relata a co-infecção tripla pelos agentes da cinomose, erliquiose e toxoplasmose em um cão com acentuado quadro clínico neuropático. Discute-se a doença primária baseando-se em dados clínicos, epidemiológicos, no protocolo imunoprofilático inadequado e no papel daquelas doenças na imunossupressão. A cinomose e a erliquiose foram diagnosticadas mediante a situação epidemiológica da região e sinais clínicos compatíveis, aliados aos achados de hemograma e citologia. Utilizando-se a análise de restrição (RFLP) com os genes SAG-2, caracterizou-se geneticamente a linhagem de Toxoplasma gondii isolada, como pertencente ao Tipo I. Discutem-se aspectos de imunossupressão, tanto em cães quanto em seres humanos, bem como suas implicações em saúde pública e animal. Este é o primeiro relato de infecção tripla pelos agentes da toxoplasmose, erliquiose e cinomose no Brasil, associado com a genotipificação da estirpe de T. gondii envolvida. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 48 6 359 363 |
institution |
Open Polar |
collection |
Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles |
op_collection_id |
ftdoajarticles |
language |
English |
topic |
Toxoplasmosis Ehrlichiosis Distemper Co-infection Dogs Immunosuppression Genotyping Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 |
spellingShingle |
Toxoplasmosis Ehrlichiosis Distemper Co-infection Dogs Immunosuppression Genotyping Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Leandro d'Arc Moretti Aristeu Vieira da Silva Márcio Garcia Ribeiro Antonio Carlos Paes Hélio Langoni Toxoplasma gondii genotyping in a dog co-infected with distemper virus and ehrlichiosis rickettsia Genotipagem de Toxoplasma gondii em cão co-infectado com o vírus da cinomose e a rickettsia da erliquiose |
topic_facet |
Toxoplasmosis Ehrlichiosis Distemper Co-infection Dogs Immunosuppression Genotyping Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 |
description |
This paper reports a toxoplasmosis, erhlichiosis and distemper co-infection in a dog with an exuberant neuropathological clinical picture. Primary involvement was discussed based on information collected in the analysis of the clinical case, such as neurological impairment, epidemiological data, poor immunoprophylactic scheme of the dog affected and the role of these diseases on immunosuppression. Canine distemper and ehrlichiosis were diagnosed based on epidemiologic data, clinical signs, hematological and cytological evaluation. Toxoplasma gondii was isolated and genetically characterized as Type I using restriction analysis (RFLP) with SAG-2 genes. Immunosuppression features of both dogs and human beings are discussed, as well as implications on animal and public health. This is the first report on toxoplasmosis, ehrlichiosis and distemper co-infection in a dog in Brazil, associated with genotyping determination of the T. gondii strain involved. Este artigo relata a co-infecção tripla pelos agentes da cinomose, erliquiose e toxoplasmose em um cão com acentuado quadro clínico neuropático. Discute-se a doença primária baseando-se em dados clínicos, epidemiológicos, no protocolo imunoprofilático inadequado e no papel daquelas doenças na imunossupressão. A cinomose e a erliquiose foram diagnosticadas mediante a situação epidemiológica da região e sinais clínicos compatíveis, aliados aos achados de hemograma e citologia. Utilizando-se a análise de restrição (RFLP) com os genes SAG-2, caracterizou-se geneticamente a linhagem de Toxoplasma gondii isolada, como pertencente ao Tipo I. Discutem-se aspectos de imunossupressão, tanto em cães quanto em seres humanos, bem como suas implicações em saúde pública e animal. Este é o primeiro relato de infecção tripla pelos agentes da toxoplasmose, erliquiose e cinomose no Brasil, associado com a genotipificação da estirpe de T. gondii envolvida. |
format |
Article in Journal/Newspaper |
author |
Leandro d'Arc Moretti Aristeu Vieira da Silva Márcio Garcia Ribeiro Antonio Carlos Paes Hélio Langoni |
author_facet |
Leandro d'Arc Moretti Aristeu Vieira da Silva Márcio Garcia Ribeiro Antonio Carlos Paes Hélio Langoni |
author_sort |
Leandro d'Arc Moretti |
title |
Toxoplasma gondii genotyping in a dog co-infected with distemper virus and ehrlichiosis rickettsia Genotipagem de Toxoplasma gondii em cão co-infectado com o vírus da cinomose e a rickettsia da erliquiose |
title_short |
Toxoplasma gondii genotyping in a dog co-infected with distemper virus and ehrlichiosis rickettsia Genotipagem de Toxoplasma gondii em cão co-infectado com o vírus da cinomose e a rickettsia da erliquiose |
title_full |
Toxoplasma gondii genotyping in a dog co-infected with distemper virus and ehrlichiosis rickettsia Genotipagem de Toxoplasma gondii em cão co-infectado com o vírus da cinomose e a rickettsia da erliquiose |
title_fullStr |
Toxoplasma gondii genotyping in a dog co-infected with distemper virus and ehrlichiosis rickettsia Genotipagem de Toxoplasma gondii em cão co-infectado com o vírus da cinomose e a rickettsia da erliquiose |
title_full_unstemmed |
Toxoplasma gondii genotyping in a dog co-infected with distemper virus and ehrlichiosis rickettsia Genotipagem de Toxoplasma gondii em cão co-infectado com o vírus da cinomose e a rickettsia da erliquiose |
title_sort |
toxoplasma gondii genotyping in a dog co-infected with distemper virus and ehrlichiosis rickettsia genotipagem de toxoplasma gondii em cão co-infectado com o vírus da cinomose e a rickettsia da erliquiose |
publisher |
Universidade de São Paulo (USP) |
publishDate |
2006 |
url |
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652006000600012 https://doaj.org/article/7daa47374bff4191bb7c65ac39448dc5 |
geographic |
Arctic |
geographic_facet |
Arctic |
genre |
Arctic |
genre_facet |
Arctic |
op_source |
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo, Vol 48, Iss 6, Pp 359-363 (2006) |
op_relation |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652006000600012 https://doaj.org/toc/0036-4665 https://doaj.org/toc/1678-9946 doi:10.1590/S0036-46652006000600012 0036-4665 1678-9946 https://doaj.org/article/7daa47374bff4191bb7c65ac39448dc5 |
op_doi |
https://doi.org/10.1590/S0036-46652006000600012 |
container_title |
Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo |
container_volume |
48 |
container_issue |
6 |
container_start_page |
359 |
op_container_end_page |
363 |
_version_ |
1809897429432008704 |