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Hantavirus antibodies among phyllostomid bats from the arc of deforestation in Southern Amazonia, Brazil

2019; Wiley; Volume: 67; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/tbed.13442

1865-1682

Gilberto Sabino‐Santos, Francimeire Fernandes Ferreira, David José Ferreira da Silva, Danilo Machado de Melo, Sérgio Gomes da Silva, Christine Steiner São Bernardo, Manoel dos Santos Filho, Taal Levi, Luíz Tadeu Moraes Figueiredo, Carlos A. Peres, Roberta Vieira Morais Bronzoni, Gustavo Rodrigues Canale,

Bat Biology and Ecology Studies

In order to determine whether southern Amazonian bats could harbour hantaviruses we, serologically and molecularly, screened blood, saliva, excreta and organ tissues of 47 bats captured from September to December 2015. We found that only phyllostomid bats presented antibodies against hantavirus. The seropositive bats belonged to two species of Phyllostomid bats: the greater spear-nosed bat Phyllostomus hastatus (omnivorous) and the gnome fruit-eating bat Dermanura gnoma. The overall seroprevalence was of 4.2%. Therefore, we show here that hantaviruses are circulating among phyllostomid bats in the Amazonian arc of deforestation.