Búsqueda de Leptospira spp. en visón americano Neogale vison (Schreber, 1777) en el sur de la provincia de Neuquén, Patagonia argentina

A. Cecilia Gozzi; Karina Caimi; Luciana Piudo; Virginia Rago; Martín Monteverde; Alejandro  González; M. Laura Guichón

doi:10.31687/SaremNMS23.8.2

Autores/as

Cecilia Gozzi Grupo de Ecología de Mamíferos Introducidos (EMI), Instituto de Ecología y Desarrollo Sustentable (INEDES, CONICET–UNLu), Departamento de Ciencias Básicas, Universidad Nacional de Luján (UNLu), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Karina Caimi Instituto de Agrobiotecnología y Biología Molecular (IABIMO, INTA–CONICET), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Luciana Piudo Centro de Ecología Aplicada de Neuquén (CEAN), Neuquén, Argentina.
Virginia Rago Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (INIBIOMA, CONICET–UNCo), Subsede Junín de los Andes, Neuquén, Argentina.
Martín Monteverde Centro de Ecología Aplicada de Neuquén (CEAN), Neuquén, Argentina..
Alejandro González Centro de Ecología Aplicada de Neuquén (CEAN), Neuquén, Argentina.
Laura Guichón Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente (INIBIOMA, CONICET–UNCo), Subsede Junín de los Andes, Neuquén, Argentina.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31687/SaremNMS23.8.2

Palabras clave:

epidemiología, leptospirosis, mamífero invasor, monitoreo sanitario, zoonosis

Resumen

Los mamíferos domésticos y silvestres cumplen un rol importante en la epidemiología de la leptospirosis. El visón americano Neogale vison es un mustélido introducido en Argentina que podría actuar como portador/reservorio de leptospiras en la región. Nuestro objetivo fue estudiar la presencia de Leptospira spp. en muestras de orina y riñón de visones capturados (n = 25) en el sur de la provincia de Neuquén. No detectamos la bacteria en ninguna de las muestras analizadas. Sin embargo, consideramos importante profundizar estos estudios dados los hábitos semiacuáticos del visón americano, su interacción con especies silvestres, domésticas y con humanos, y su continua expansión.

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