Species determination of Brazilian mammals implicated in the epidemiology of rabies based on the control region of mitochondrial DNA

Identification of animals that are decomposing or have been run over or burnt and cannot be visually identified is a problem in the surveillance and control of infectious diseases. Many of these animals are wild and represent a valuable source of information for epidemiologic research as they may be...

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Main Authors: Pedro Carnieli Junior, Willian de Oliveira Fahl, Juliana Galera Castilho, Paulo Eduardo Brandão, Maria Luiza Carrieri, Ivanete Kotait
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier
Series:Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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spelling doaj-26767616da924b379c89cd8c6d45ebac2020-11-25T02:57:34ZengElsevierBrazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases1678-439112646246510.1590/S1413-86702008000600002S1413-86702008000600002Species determination of Brazilian mammals implicated in the epidemiology of rabies based on the control region of mitochondrial DNAPedro Carnieli Junior0Willian de Oliveira Fahl1Juliana Galera Castilho2Paulo Eduardo Brandão3Maria Luiza Carrieri4Ivanete Kotait5Pasteur InstitutePasteur InstitutePasteur InstituteUniversidade de São PauloPasteur InstitutePasteur InstituteIdentification of animals that are decomposing or have been run over or burnt and cannot be visually identified is a problem in the surveillance and control of infectious diseases. Many of these animals are wild and represent a valuable source of information for epidemiologic research as they may be carriers of an infectious agent. This article discusses the results obtained using a method for identifying mammals genetically by sequencing their mitochondrial DNA control region. Fourteen species were analyzed and identified. These included the main reservoirs and transmitters of rabies virus, namely, canids, chiroptera and primates. The results prove that this method of genetic identification is both efficient and simple and that it can be used in the surveillance of infectious diseases which includes mammals in their epidemiologic cycle, such as rabies.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702008000600002&lng=en&tlng=enMitochondrial DNASequencingIdentificationMammalsRabies
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author Pedro Carnieli Junior
Willian de Oliveira Fahl
Juliana Galera Castilho
Paulo Eduardo Brandão
Maria Luiza Carrieri
Ivanete Kotait
spellingShingle Pedro Carnieli Junior
Willian de Oliveira Fahl
Juliana Galera Castilho
Paulo Eduardo Brandão
Maria Luiza Carrieri
Ivanete Kotait
Species determination of Brazilian mammals implicated in the epidemiology of rabies based on the control region of mitochondrial DNA
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Mitochondrial DNA
Sequencing
Identification
Mammals
Rabies
author_facet Pedro Carnieli Junior
Willian de Oliveira Fahl
Juliana Galera Castilho
Paulo Eduardo Brandão
Maria Luiza Carrieri
Ivanete Kotait
author_sort Pedro Carnieli Junior
title Species determination of Brazilian mammals implicated in the epidemiology of rabies based on the control region of mitochondrial DNA
title_short Species determination of Brazilian mammals implicated in the epidemiology of rabies based on the control region of mitochondrial DNA
title_full Species determination of Brazilian mammals implicated in the epidemiology of rabies based on the control region of mitochondrial DNA
title_fullStr Species determination of Brazilian mammals implicated in the epidemiology of rabies based on the control region of mitochondrial DNA
title_full_unstemmed Species determination of Brazilian mammals implicated in the epidemiology of rabies based on the control region of mitochondrial DNA
title_sort species determination of brazilian mammals implicated in the epidemiology of rabies based on the control region of mitochondrial dna
publisher Elsevier
series Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
issn 1678-4391
description Identification of animals that are decomposing or have been run over or burnt and cannot be visually identified is a problem in the surveillance and control of infectious diseases. Many of these animals are wild and represent a valuable source of information for epidemiologic research as they may be carriers of an infectious agent. This article discusses the results obtained using a method for identifying mammals genetically by sequencing their mitochondrial DNA control region. Fourteen species were analyzed and identified. These included the main reservoirs and transmitters of rabies virus, namely, canids, chiroptera and primates. The results prove that this method of genetic identification is both efficient and simple and that it can be used in the surveillance of infectious diseases which includes mammals in their epidemiologic cycle, such as rabies.
topic Mitochondrial DNA
Sequencing
Identification
Mammals
Rabies
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702008000600002&lng=en&tlng=en
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