Daniele da Silva, Fabiana Raquel Ratzlaff, Vanessa Osmari, Fagner D'ambroso Fernandes, Elizabete Captivo Lourenço, Katia Maria Famadas, Gisele Vaz Aguirre Samoel, Aline Campos, Susi Missel Pacheco, Helton Fernandes Dos Santos, Fernanda Silveira Flores Vogel, Sônia de Avila Botton, Luís Antônio Sangioni
This study aimed to investigate the presence of ectoparasites and the occurrence of natural infection by Rickettsia spp. and Trypanosoma spp. in bats from Rio Grande do Sul (RS), Brazil. The evaluated animals were obtained from the Instituto de Pesquisas Veterinárias Desidério Finamor, sent by the Centro Estadual de Vigilância Sanitária, to carry out rabies diagnostic tests, during the period from 2016 to 2021. The bats came from 34 municipalities in RS. Of the 109 animals surveyed, 35.8% (39/109) had 385 ectoparasites, with an average of 9...
April 4, 2024: Parasitology Research