PREVALENCE OF ARBOVIRUS ANTIBODIES AGAINST THE FAMILY Bunyaviridae IN WATER BUFFALOES

Authors

  • Alexandre Rosário Casseb Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia
  • Sandro Patroca Silva
  • Livia Medeiros Neves Casseb
  • Jannifer Oliveira Chiang
  • Lívia Carício Martins
  • Pedro Fernando Costa Vasconcelos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/cab.v16i3.27208

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Animal Sanity

Abstract

The State of Pará comprises 26% of Brazilian Amazon region where a large diversity of arboviruses has been described. This study sought to assess the prevalence and distribution of haemagglutination-inhibition antibodies against antigens of nine different types of arbovirus of the Bunyaviridae family, where eight were Orthobunyavirus: Guaroa virus, Maguari virus, Tacaiuma virus, Utinga virus, Belem virus, Caraparu virus, Oropouche virus and Catu virus, and one Phlebovirus: Icoaraci virus in sera samples of water buffaloes in Pará State, Brazil. For all Arboviruses investigated there were antibodies, with the exception of Belem virus. Antibodies to Maguari virus were more prevalent (7.33%). The water buffaloes of the present study showed variable levels of antibodies in monotypic and heterotypic reactions that may indicate there are movements from most bunyavirus studied in domestic buffaloes in the state of Pará, and the Maguari virus presents the largest circulation. Therefore, further studies are needed to investigate the role of water buffalo in the maintenance and dispersal of arboviruses, as well as whether these viruses can cause disease in that species, especially in cases of birth defects and abortions.

Keywords: Bubalus bubalis; Bunyaviridae; Haemagglutination Inhibition Test; Maguari virus.

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Author Biography

Alexandre Rosário Casseb, Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia

Professopr adjunto III das Disciplinas de Imunologia e Microbiologia Veterinária, Instituto da Saúde e Produção Animal.

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Published

2015-07-31

How to Cite

CASSEB, A. R.; SILVA, S. P.; CASSEB, L. M. N.; CHIANG, J. O.; MARTINS, L. C.; VASCONCELOS, P. F. C. PREVALENCE OF ARBOVIRUS ANTIBODIES AGAINST THE FAMILY Bunyaviridae IN WATER BUFFALOES. Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 16, n. 3, p. 428–436, 2015. DOI: 10.1590/cab.v16i3.27208. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/27208. Acesso em: 27 jul. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 3 (2015)

Section

Veterinary Medicine

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