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Article

Molecular Survey of Hemopathogens in Bats from the Western Brazilian Amazon

by
Abraão Isaque da Silva
1,
Eliz Oliveira Franco
1,
Ana Cláudia Calchi
1,
Francisco Chagas Bezerra dos Santos
2,
Rair de Sousa Verde
3,
Victória Valente Califre de Mello
1,
Daniel Antônio Braga Lee
1,
Caroline Tostes Secato
1,
Clara Morato Dias
1,
Rosangela Zacarias Machado
1,
André Luiz Rodrigues Roque
2 and
Marcos Rogério André
1,*
1
Vector-Borne Bioagents Laboratory (VBBL), Department of Pathology, Reproduction and One Health, School of Agrarian and Veterinary Sciences, São Paulo State University, Jaboticabal CEP 14884-900, Brazil
2
Laboratory of Trypanosomatid Biology, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ), Rio de Janeiro CEP 21040-900, Brazil
3
Graduate Program in Health and Sustainable Animal Production in the Amazon, Federal University of Acre, Rio Branco CEP 69920-900, Brazil
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Pathogens 2025, 14(6), 527; https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens14060527 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 18 April 2025 / Revised: 14 May 2025 / Accepted: 22 May 2025 / Published: 25 May 2025
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Vector Control and Parasitic Infection in Animals)
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Abstract

Bats are considered reservoirs of several emerging zoonotic pathogens. Previous studies on blood parasites such as Anaplasmataceae, hemoplasmas, piroplasmids, and Hepatozoon spp. in South American bats have revealed high genetic diversity. This study investigated the molecular occurrence of these agents in 278 bats of 32 species captured in the state of Acre in the Western Brazilian Amazon. Spleen DNA samples were screened by PCR for different pathogens and tested negative for Anaplasma spp., Ehrlichia spp., Neorickettsia spp., piroplasmids, and Hepatozoon spp. However, 84 of the 208 samples (40.4%) were positive for hemoplasmas based on the 16S rRNA gene, and 15 out of the 84 (17.85%) were positive for the 23S rRNA gene. Seventeen 16S rRNA sequences, corresponding to 12 genotypes, were grouped with hemotropic Mycoplasma sp. previously detected in bats from Brazil, Peru, and Belize. Three 23S rRNA sequences represent three distinct genotypes clustered with hemotropic Mycoplasma sp., previously detected in Desmodus rotundus. This is the first molecular report of hemoplasmas in six bat species, namely Dermanura cinereus, Lophostoma silviculum, Phyllostomus elongatus, Phyllostomus hastatus, Rhinophylla fischerae, and Sturnira tildae.
Keywords: Anaplasmataceae; Chiroptera; hemoplasmas; Hepatozoon spp.; piroplasmids Anaplasmataceae; Chiroptera; hemoplasmas; Hepatozoon spp.; piroplasmids

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Silva, A.I.d.; Franco, E.O.; Calchi, A.C.; Santos, F.C.B.d.; Verde, R.d.S.; de Mello, V.V.C.; Lee, D.A.B.; Secato, C.T.; Dias, C.M.; Machado, R.Z.; et al. Molecular Survey of Hemopathogens in Bats from the Western Brazilian Amazon. Pathogens 2025, 14, 527. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens14060527

AMA Style

Silva AId, Franco EO, Calchi AC, Santos FCBd, Verde RdS, de Mello VVC, Lee DAB, Secato CT, Dias CM, Machado RZ, et al. Molecular Survey of Hemopathogens in Bats from the Western Brazilian Amazon. Pathogens. 2025; 14(6):527. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens14060527

Chicago/Turabian Style

Silva, Abraão Isaque da, Eliz Oliveira Franco, Ana Cláudia Calchi, Francisco Chagas Bezerra dos Santos, Rair de Sousa Verde, Victória Valente Califre de Mello, Daniel Antônio Braga Lee, Caroline Tostes Secato, Clara Morato Dias, Rosangela Zacarias Machado, and et al. 2025. "Molecular Survey of Hemopathogens in Bats from the Western Brazilian Amazon" Pathogens 14, no. 6: 527. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens14060527

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Silva, A. I. d., Franco, E. O., Calchi, A. C., Santos, F. C. B. d., Verde, R. d. S., de Mello, V. V. C., Lee, D. A. B., Secato, C. T., Dias, C. M., Machado, R. Z., Roque, A. L. R., & André, M. R. (2025). Molecular Survey of Hemopathogens in Bats from the Western Brazilian Amazon. Pathogens, 14(6), 527. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens14060527

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