First isolation of leptospira interrogans from conepatus chinga in Argentina

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Scialfa, Exequiel Alejandro; Brihuega, Bibiana; Morris, Winston Eduardo; Recavarren, Mariana Ines; Quintana, Silvina; Grunne, Sylvia; Romero, Graciela; Bolpe, Jorge; Schettino, Daniel Mateo
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2012
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To identify carriers of Leptospira spp. in Buenos Aires province, Argentina, we trapped wild animals: 10 Didelphis albiventris, five Chaetophractus villosus, two Lycalopex griseus and three Conepatus chinga. Blood samples from these animals were tested by microscopic agglutination test (MAT), and one (5%: one Conepatus chinga) was positive for Leptospira Castellonis, Canicola, Grippotyphosa, Hardjo and Icterohaemorrhagiae serovars, at titers of 1:50 and 1:200. Kidneys of all animal were cultured, and one isolate of L. interrogans from a Conepatus chinga was obtained. Hamsters inoculated with this isolate strain died six days later, with several pulmonary macroscopic lesions at autopsy; the histology study revealed congestion in liver, and congestion and hemorrhage in kidney and lungs. Isolated strain was identified by serologic and molecular methods as Leptospira interrogans serogroup Canicola, with a genetic profile similar to that of Hound Utrecht IV strain.
Fil: Scialfa, Exequiel Alejandro. División Zoonosis Rurales; Argentina
Fil: Brihuega, Bibiana. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Veterinarias y Agronómicas. Instituto de Patobiología; Argentina
Fil: Morris, Winston Eduardo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Veterinarias y Agronómicas. Instituto de Patobiología; Argentina
Fil: Recavarren, Mariana Ines. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Análisis Fares Taie; Argentina
Fil: Quintana, Silvina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Análisis Fares Taie; Argentina
Fil: Grunne, Sylvia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Veterinarias y Agronómicas. Instituto de Patobiología; Argentina
Fil: Romero, Graciela. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Veterinarias y Agronómicas. Instituto de Patobiología; Argentina
Fil: Bolpe, Jorge. Division Zoonosis Rurales; Argentina
Fil: Schettino, Daniel Mateo. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias; Argentina
Materia
CONEPATUS CHINGA
LEPTOSPIRA CANICOLA
MOLECULAR GENOTIPIFICACION
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spelling First isolation of leptospira interrogans from conepatus chinga in ArgentinaScialfa, Exequiel AlejandroBrihuega, BibianaMorris, Winston EduardoRecavarren, Mariana InesQuintana, SilvinaGrunne, SylviaRomero, GracielaBolpe, JorgeSchettino, Daniel MateoCONEPATUS CHINGALEPTOSPIRA CANICOLAMOLECULAR GENOTIPIFICACIONhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3To identify carriers of Leptospira spp. in Buenos Aires province, Argentina, we trapped wild animals: 10 Didelphis albiventris, five Chaetophractus villosus, two Lycalopex griseus and three Conepatus chinga. Blood samples from these animals were tested by microscopic agglutination test (MAT), and one (5%: one Conepatus chinga) was positive for Leptospira Castellonis, Canicola, Grippotyphosa, Hardjo and Icterohaemorrhagiae serovars, at titers of 1:50 and 1:200. Kidneys of all animal were cultured, and one isolate of L. interrogans from a Conepatus chinga was obtained. Hamsters inoculated with this isolate strain died six days later, with several pulmonary macroscopic lesions at autopsy; the histology study revealed congestion in liver, and congestion and hemorrhage in kidney and lungs. Isolated strain was identified by serologic and molecular methods as Leptospira interrogans serogroup Canicola, with a genetic profile similar to that of Hound Utrecht IV strain.Fil: Scialfa, Exequiel Alejandro. División Zoonosis Rurales; ArgentinaFil: Brihuega, Bibiana. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Veterinarias y Agronómicas. Instituto de Patobiología; ArgentinaFil: Morris, Winston Eduardo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Veterinarias y Agronómicas. Instituto de Patobiología; ArgentinaFil: Recavarren, Mariana Ines. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Análisis Fares Taie; ArgentinaFil: Quintana, Silvina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Análisis Fares Taie; ArgentinaFil: Grunne, Sylvia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Veterinarias y Agronómicas. Instituto de Patobiología; ArgentinaFil: Romero, Graciela. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Veterinarias y Agronómicas. Instituto de Patobiología; ArgentinaFil: Bolpe, Jorge. Division Zoonosis Rurales; ArgentinaFil: Schettino, Daniel Mateo. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias; ArgentinaScience Park Journals2012-10info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/270786Scialfa, Exequiel Alejandro; Brihuega, Bibiana; Morris, Winston Eduardo; Recavarren, Mariana Ines; Quintana, Silvina; et al.; First isolation of leptospira interrogans from conepatus chinga in Argentina; Science Park Journals; African Journal of Applied Microbiology Research; 1; 1; 10-2012; 1-52315-6260CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://scienceparkjournals.com/AJAMR/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:39:56Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/270786instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:39:56.401CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv First isolation of leptospira interrogans from conepatus chinga in Argentina
title First isolation of leptospira interrogans from conepatus chinga in Argentina
spellingShingle First isolation of leptospira interrogans from conepatus chinga in Argentina
Scialfa, Exequiel Alejandro
CONEPATUS CHINGA
LEPTOSPIRA CANICOLA
MOLECULAR GENOTIPIFICACION
title_short First isolation of leptospira interrogans from conepatus chinga in Argentina
title_full First isolation of leptospira interrogans from conepatus chinga in Argentina
title_fullStr First isolation of leptospira interrogans from conepatus chinga in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed First isolation of leptospira interrogans from conepatus chinga in Argentina
title_sort First isolation of leptospira interrogans from conepatus chinga in Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Scialfa, Exequiel Alejandro
Brihuega, Bibiana
Morris, Winston Eduardo
Recavarren, Mariana Ines
Quintana, Silvina
Grunne, Sylvia
Romero, Graciela
Bolpe, Jorge
Schettino, Daniel Mateo
author Scialfa, Exequiel Alejandro
author_facet Scialfa, Exequiel Alejandro
Brihuega, Bibiana
Morris, Winston Eduardo
Recavarren, Mariana Ines
Quintana, Silvina
Grunne, Sylvia
Romero, Graciela
Bolpe, Jorge
Schettino, Daniel Mateo
author_role author
author2 Brihuega, Bibiana
Morris, Winston Eduardo
Recavarren, Mariana Ines
Quintana, Silvina
Grunne, Sylvia
Romero, Graciela
Bolpe, Jorge
Schettino, Daniel Mateo
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv CONEPATUS CHINGA
LEPTOSPIRA CANICOLA
MOLECULAR GENOTIPIFICACION
topic CONEPATUS CHINGA
LEPTOSPIRA CANICOLA
MOLECULAR GENOTIPIFICACION
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/3
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv To identify carriers of Leptospira spp. in Buenos Aires province, Argentina, we trapped wild animals: 10 Didelphis albiventris, five Chaetophractus villosus, two Lycalopex griseus and three Conepatus chinga. Blood samples from these animals were tested by microscopic agglutination test (MAT), and one (5%: one Conepatus chinga) was positive for Leptospira Castellonis, Canicola, Grippotyphosa, Hardjo and Icterohaemorrhagiae serovars, at titers of 1:50 and 1:200. Kidneys of all animal were cultured, and one isolate of L. interrogans from a Conepatus chinga was obtained. Hamsters inoculated with this isolate strain died six days later, with several pulmonary macroscopic lesions at autopsy; the histology study revealed congestion in liver, and congestion and hemorrhage in kidney and lungs. Isolated strain was identified by serologic and molecular methods as Leptospira interrogans serogroup Canicola, with a genetic profile similar to that of Hound Utrecht IV strain.
Fil: Scialfa, Exequiel Alejandro. División Zoonosis Rurales; Argentina
Fil: Brihuega, Bibiana. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Veterinarias y Agronómicas. Instituto de Patobiología; Argentina
Fil: Morris, Winston Eduardo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Veterinarias y Agronómicas. Instituto de Patobiología; Argentina
Fil: Recavarren, Mariana Ines. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Análisis Fares Taie; Argentina
Fil: Quintana, Silvina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Instituto de Análisis Fares Taie; Argentina
Fil: Grunne, Sylvia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Veterinarias y Agronómicas. Instituto de Patobiología; Argentina
Fil: Romero, Graciela. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria. Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Veterinarias y Agronómicas. Instituto de Patobiología; Argentina
Fil: Bolpe, Jorge. Division Zoonosis Rurales; Argentina
Fil: Schettino, Daniel Mateo. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias; Argentina
description To identify carriers of Leptospira spp. in Buenos Aires province, Argentina, we trapped wild animals: 10 Didelphis albiventris, five Chaetophractus villosus, two Lycalopex griseus and three Conepatus chinga. Blood samples from these animals were tested by microscopic agglutination test (MAT), and one (5%: one Conepatus chinga) was positive for Leptospira Castellonis, Canicola, Grippotyphosa, Hardjo and Icterohaemorrhagiae serovars, at titers of 1:50 and 1:200. Kidneys of all animal were cultured, and one isolate of L. interrogans from a Conepatus chinga was obtained. Hamsters inoculated with this isolate strain died six days later, with several pulmonary macroscopic lesions at autopsy; the histology study revealed congestion in liver, and congestion and hemorrhage in kidney and lungs. Isolated strain was identified by serologic and molecular methods as Leptospira interrogans serogroup Canicola, with a genetic profile similar to that of Hound Utrecht IV strain.
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