[Presence of IgM antibodies for Leptospira interrogans in wild animals from Tocantins State, 2002].
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.
de Souza Júnior
Milton Formiga
MF
Departamento de Medicina Veterinária Preventiva e Epidemiologia, Escola de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Pampulha, 30123-970 Belo Horizonte, MG.
Lobato
Zélia Inês Portela
ZI
Lobato
Francisco Carlos Faria
FC
Moreira
Elvio Carlos
EC
de Oliveira
Rogério Rodrigues
RR
Leite
Geysa Goulart
GG
Freitas
Theonys Diógenes
TD
de Assis
Ronnie Antunes
RA
D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000097:blood*; D007921:Leptospira interrogans / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology*
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D007074:Immunoglobulin G