TY - JOUR
T1 - Short report
T2 - Dengue virus in bats from southeastern Mexico
AU - Sotomayor-Bonilla, Jesús
AU - Chaves, Andrea
AU - Rico-Chávez, Oscar
AU - Rostal, Melinda K.
AU - Ojeda-Flores, Rafael
AU - Salas-Rojas, Mónica
AU - Aguilar-Setien, Álvaro
AU - Ibáñez-Bernal, Sergio
AU - Barbachano-Guerrero, Arturo
AU - Gutiérrez-Espeleta, Gustavo
AU - Aguilar-Faisal, J. Leopoldo
AU - Aguirre, A. Alonso
AU - Daszak, Peter
AU - Suzán, Gerardo
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - To identify the relationship between landscape use and dengue virus (DENV) occurrence in bats, we investigated the presence of DENV from anthropogenically changed and unaltered landscapes in two Biosphere Reserves: Calakmul (Campeche) and Montes Azules (Chiapas) in southern Mexico. Spleen samples of 146 bats, belonging to 16 species, were tested for four DENV serotypes with standard reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) protocols. Six bats (4.1%) tested positive for DENV-2: four bats in Calakmul (two Glossophaga soricina, one Artibeus jamaicensis, and one A. lituratus) and two bats in Montes Azules (both A. lituratus). No effect of anthropogenic disturbance on the occurrence of DENV was detected; however, all three RT-PCR-positive bat species are considered abundant species in the Neotropics and well-adapted to disturbed habitats. To our knowledge, this study is the first study conducted in southeastern Mexico to identify DENV-2 in bats by a widely accepted RT-PCR protocol. The role that bats play on DENV's ecology remains undetermined.
AB - To identify the relationship between landscape use and dengue virus (DENV) occurrence in bats, we investigated the presence of DENV from anthropogenically changed and unaltered landscapes in two Biosphere Reserves: Calakmul (Campeche) and Montes Azules (Chiapas) in southern Mexico. Spleen samples of 146 bats, belonging to 16 species, were tested for four DENV serotypes with standard reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) protocols. Six bats (4.1%) tested positive for DENV-2: four bats in Calakmul (two Glossophaga soricina, one Artibeus jamaicensis, and one A. lituratus) and two bats in Montes Azules (both A. lituratus). No effect of anthropogenic disturbance on the occurrence of DENV was detected; however, all three RT-PCR-positive bat species are considered abundant species in the Neotropics and well-adapted to disturbed habitats. To our knowledge, this study is the first study conducted in southeastern Mexico to identify DENV-2 in bats by a widely accepted RT-PCR protocol. The role that bats play on DENV's ecology remains undetermined.
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U2 - 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0524
DO - 10.4269/ajtmh.13-0524
M3 - Artículo
C2 - 24752688
SN - 0002-9637
VL - 91
SP - 129
EP - 131
JO - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
JF - American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
IS - 1
ER -