The contribution of bats to leptospirosis transmission in São Paulo City, Brazil

Thirsa Álvares Franco Bessa; Anne Spichler; Érica G. Berardis Chapola; Alfred Christian Husch; Marilene Fernandes De Almeida; Miriam Martos Sodré; Elisa S.M. Mouriz Savani; Débora R. Veiga Sacramento; Joseph M. Vinetz

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0227

The contribution of bats to leptospirosis transmission in São Paulo City, Brazil

Thirsa Álvares Franco Bessa
, Anne Spichler
, Érica G. Berardis Chapola
, Alfred Christian Husch
, Marilene Fernandes De Almeida
, Miriam Martos Sodré
, Elisa S.M. Mouriz Savani
, Débora R. Veiga Sacramento
, Joseph M. Vinetz

Zoonosis Control Center
Instituto de Infectologia Emilio Ribas
Genomic Engenharia Molecular
Department of Medicine

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Abstract

The biodiversity of potential leptospiral reservoir hosts is lower in urban than in rural environments. Previous data indicate the potential for bats to act as carriers of Leptospira in regions such as the Amazon of South America and in Australia. Yet, little is known about the contribution of bats to leptospirosis in urban environments in South America.This study aimed to test the hypothesis that bats infected with Leptospira are sources of leptospirosis transmission to humans in São Paulo City, Brazil. Six of 343 bats caught in different districts within the city of Sao Paulo (182 insectivorous, 161 frugivorous or nectarivorous) were polymerase chain reaction (PCR) positive for pathogenic Leptospira; no seropositive bats were found.That few renal carriers of Leptospira were found in the city of Sao Paulo suggests that bats are not important in the transmission of leptospirosis to humans in this, and possibly other urban settings.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	315-317
Number of pages	3
Journal	American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Volume	82
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0227
State	Published - Feb 2010
Externally published	Yes

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Bessa, T. Á. F., Spichler, A., Berardis Chapola, É. G., Husch, A. C., De Almeida, M. F., Sodré, M. M., Mouriz Savani, E. S. M., Veiga Sacramento, D. R., & Vinetz, J. M. (2010). The contribution of bats to leptospirosis transmission in São Paulo City, Brazil. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 82(2), 315-317. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0227

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