title: First report and molecular characterization of Trypanosoma vivax in cattle from state of Pernambuco, Brazil.
abstract: This paper describes an outbreak of Trypanosoma vivax for the first time in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil, affecting dairy cattle in the municipality of Itambé in the northern coastal zone of the state. Clinical signs compatible with infection by blood protozoa and epidemic miscarriages were observed. The diagnosis of T. vivax was confirmed through biometric microscopy and molecular analysis with PCR and DNA sequencing. The T. vivax isolate detected in the present study proved to be genetically very close to other Brazilian isolates of the protozoan despite being geographically distant.
authors: Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Av. Dom Manoel de Medeiros s/n, CEP 52171-900, Recife, PE, Brazil.
authors: Danillo de Souza
authors: Dde S
authors: Pimentel
authors: Carlos Alberto do Nascimento
authors: CA
authors: Ramos
authors: Rafael Antônio do Nascimento
authors: RA
authors: Ramos
authors: Flábio Ribeiro
authors: FR
authors: de Araújo
authors: Mario Lins
authors: ML
authors: Borba
authors: Maria Aparecida da Gloria
authors: MA
authors: Faustino
authors: Leucio Câmara
authors: LC
authors: Alves
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D010802:Phylogeny; D016689:Trypanosoma vivax / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014353:Trypanosomiasis, African / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology / Q000662:veterinary*