Miceli Natasha Gandolfi, Gavioli Fernando Antonio, Gonçalves Luiz Ricardo, André Marcos Rogério, Sousa Valéria Régia Franco, Sousa Keyla Carstens Marques de, Machado Rosangela Zacarias
Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Faculdade de Ciências Agrárias e Veterinárias, Departamento de Patologia Veterinária, Laboratório de Imunoparasitologia, JaboticabalSP, Brasil.
Rev Bras Parasitol Vet. 2013 Jul-Sep;22(3):385-90. doi: 10.1590/S1984-29612013000300011.
Hemotrophic mycoplasmas (hemoplasmas), Bartonella sp., Hepatozoon sp. and Cytauxzoon felis are prominent pathogens that circulate between cats and invertebrate hosts. The present study aimed to detect the presence of DNA from hemoplasmas, Bartonella sp., Hepatozoon sp. and Cytauxzoon felis, and then confirm it by means of sequencing, in blood samples from cats in Cuiabá, MT, Brazil. From February 2009 to February 2011, blood samples with added EDTA were collected from 163 cats that were being housed in four different animal shelters in the city of Cuiabá, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil and from 15 cats that were admitted to the veterinary hospital of the Federal University of Mato Grosso (UFMT). Out of the 178 cats sampled, 15 (8.4%) were positive for hemoplasmas: four (2.2%) for Mycoplasma haemofelis, 12 (6.7%) for 'Candidatus M. haemominutum' and one (0.5%) for 'Candidatus M. turicensis'. One cat (0.5%), a patient that was attended at the veterinary hospital, was coinfected with M. haemofelis, 'Candidatus M. haemominutum' and 'Candidatus M. turicensis', based on sequencing confirmation. Four cats were positive for Bartonella spp.: three (1.7%) for B. henselae and one (0.5%) for B. clarridgeiae. None of the animals showed Cytauxzoon sp. or Hepatozoon sp. DNA in their blood samples. This study showed that cats housed in animal shelters in the city of Cuiabá, state of Mato Grosso, are exposed to hemoplasmas and Bartonella species.
血营养支原体（血支原体）、巴尔通体属、肝簇虫属和猫细胞内原虫是在猫和无脊椎动物宿主之间传播的重要病原体。本研究旨在检测巴西马托格罗索州库亚巴市猫血样中血支原体、巴尔通体属、肝簇虫属和猫细胞内原虫的DNA，并通过测序进行确认。2009年2月至2011年2月，从巴西马托格罗索州库亚巴市四个不同动物收容所饲养的163只猫以及马托格罗索联邦大学（UFMT）兽医院收治的15只猫中采集了添加乙二胺四乙酸（EDTA）的血样。在178只采样猫中，15只（8.4%）血支原体检测呈阳性：4只（2.2%）感染溶血支原体，12只（6.7%）感染“溶血微小支原体暂定种”，1只（0.5%）感染“苏黎世支原体暂定种”。根据测序确认，兽医院收治的1只猫（0.5%）同时感染了溶血支原体、“溶血微小支原体暂定种”和“苏黎世支原体暂定种”。4只猫巴尔通体属检测呈阳性：3只（1.7%）感染汉赛巴尔通体，1只（0.5%）感染克拉氏巴尔通体。所有动物的血样中均未检测到细胞内原虫属或肝簇虫属的DNA。本研究表明，巴西马托格罗索州库亚巴市动物收容所饲养的猫接触到了血支原体和巴尔通体属细菌。
