Infecção por leptospira interrogans em lagarto teiú (Tupinambis merianae), Brasil

Made available in DSpace on 2021-06-25T10:18:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2020-01-01. Added 1 bitstream(s) on 2021-07-15T15:04:36Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 S0103-84782020001200454.pdf: 850016 bytes, checksum: 77e5fcaa5c1275c720ca5b83a4e453a6 (MD5) Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) We used 12 tegu lizards (Tupinambis merianae) from northeastern Brazil, and we reported nine (75%) Leptospira sp. PCR-positive animals and six (50%) seropositive. Leptospira sp. DNA sequencing revealed 99% similarity with L. interrogans. Our findings indicated that this species may play a role in the transmission of human leptospirosis. Universidade Federal de Campina Grande (UFCG) Universidade Federal da Paraíba (UFPB) Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) CNPq: 404039/2016-2