Serological prevalence and risk factors of Borrelia burgdorferi in water buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis, Linnaeus, 1758) on Maraj贸 Island, northern region of Brazil

Revista de Salud Animal

da Fonseca, Adivaldo Henrique¹  Nunes Santana de Castro, Gustavo¹  Nunes dos Santos, Priscilla¹  Barbosa da Silva, Jenevaldo³  Lopes, Cinthia T.A.²  Martins Land Manier, Bruna Sampaio¹  Diomedes Barbosa, José²  Baêta, Bruna de A.¹ 

[1] Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro - UFRRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil;Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias - UNESP, Jaboticabal, Brazil

关键词: spirochetes;    Borrelia sp;   

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学科分类：兽医学

来源: Centro Nacional de Sanidad Agropecuaria

【 摘 要 】

Sera samples were collected from 330 water buffaloes on Marajó Island, state of Pará, Brazil, to assess the presence of antibodies against Borrelia burgdorferi by indirect Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay. Approximately 45% of the animals had antibodies against B. burgdoferi. The prevalence of seropositive buffaloes, 72% (85/118), was statistically higher in the city of Soure than in the other municipalities tested. Murrah breed animals were significantly more seropositive (Prevalence Ratio (PR) = 1.84, p = 0.000) than those of the Mediterranean breed. Among the animals diagnosed positive for tuberculosis, 33% (4/12), were also seropositive for B. burgdoferi. Animals positive for tuberculosis had a significantly lower level of B. burgdorferi seropositivity (PR = 1.36, p = 0.0017) than negative animals. The study showed that there was an agent immunologically close to B. burgdorferi circulating in water buffalo on Marajó Island, state of Pará, Brazil. These results demonstrate a possible role of the water buffalo in the epidemiological chain of this agent in Brazil, and are a warning of the danger this disease could pose to public health.

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