Title
Molecular detection of Bartonella bacilliformis in Lutzomyia maranonensis in Cajamarca, Peru: A new potential vector of Carrion's disease in Peru?
Date Issued
01 January 2018
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidad de Barcelona
Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña
Universidad de Barcelona
Publisher(s)
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Abstract
Carrion's disease is a neglected, vector-borne illness that affects Colombia, Ecuador, and especially Peru. The phlebotomine sand flies Lutzomyia verrucarum and Lutzomyia peruensis are the main illness vectors described, although other species may be implicated in endemic areas such as some northern Peruvian regions, in which Carrion's disease vector has not been established. The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of Bartonella bacilliformis DNA in Lutzomyia maranonensis from Cajamarca, northern Peru. This sand fly has not been defined as a vector yet. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention light traps were used to collect adult phlebotomine sand flies from 2007 to 2008 in the Cajamarca department. Female specimens were identified using morphological keys and were grouped into pools of five sand flies, taking into account district and sampling site (intradomicile or peridomicile). DNA was extracted, and then conventional and real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) were performed to detect B. bacilliformis and subsequently confirmed by sequencing. A total of 383 specimens of L. maranonensis species were analyzed. Two of 76 pools were positive for B. bacilliformis by sequencing; all positives pools were from Querocotillo district. In addition, Mesorhizobium spp. were identified in two pools of sand flies, which is an α-proteobacteria phylogenetically very close to B. bacilliformis. This study presents molecular evidence that suggests L. maranonensis is naturally infected by B. bacilliformis in the Cajamarca department. Further research should determine if L. maranonensis is a vector and could transmit B. bacilliformis.
Start page
1229
End page
1233
Volume
99
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Enfermedades infecciosas
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85056276005
PubMed ID
Source
American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
ISSN of the container
00029637
Sponsor(s)
Financial support: This work was supported by the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (GR000589), Programa Nacional de Innovación para la Competitividad y Productividad (Innóvate Perú)-contract 116-PNICP-PIAP-2015. J. R. had a fellowship from the program I3SNS of the ISCIII (grant number: CES11/012); C. G. had a predoctoral grant from the ISCIII (FI12/00561).
Acknowledgments: We are very grateful to Abraham Cáceres for his contribution in helping and supervising Lutzomyia species identification and Andrés G. Lescano for his critical review and statistical support of this manuscript. We are indebted to Pamela Sánchez V. for her support in the preparation of maps, and Carlos Palomares R. and Carmen Tinco V. for their support in the experimental phase of this study. We are also grateful to the collaborators of the Entomology Laboratory of National University of San Marcos, Lima—Peru. G. M. U. is an Emerge fellow, sponsored by the training grant D43 TW007393 awarded by the Fogarty International Center of the U.S. National Institutes of Health awarded to Emerge, the Emerging Diseases and Climate Change Research Unit of the School and Public Health Administration at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia.
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