AUTHOR=Silva Laice A. , Souza Monique F. S. , Torquetti Camila G. , Freitas Daniele C. O. , Moreira Larissa G. A. , Carvalho Thaynara P. , Santana Clarissa H. , Thompson Julia R. , Rosa Daniela C. O. , Jesus Tatiana R. , Paixão Tatiane A. , Santos Renato L. 

TITLE=Antigenic and molecular evidence of Brucella sp.-associated epididymo-orchitis in frugivorous (Artibeus lituratus) and nectarivorous (Glossophaga soricina) bats in Brazil

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Veterinary Science

VOLUME=10

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/veterinary-science/articles/10.3389/fvets.2023.1235299

DOI=10.3389/fvets.2023.1235299

ISSN=2297-1769

ABSTRACT=<p>This study included 47 free-ranging bats from the State of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Six bats (12.8%) had genital inflammatory lesions, and two of them (one <italic>Artibeus lituratus</italic> and one <italic>Glossophaga soricina</italic>, a frugivorous and a nectarivorous, respectively) were diagnosed with <italic>Brucella</italic> sp. infection through PCR, and antigens in intralesional macrophages were detected using immunohistochemistry.</p>