Enteric viruses' dissemination in a private reserve of natural heritage.

This study aimed to assess anthropogenic impact of surrounding population in the Private Reserve of Natural Heritage at Pantanal, the world's largest freshwater wetland ecosystem located in the centre of South America. Viral aetiological agents of acute gastroenteritis as rotavirus A (RVA), noroviruses, human adenoviruses, klassevirus and of hepatitis, as hepatitis A virus, were investigated in different aquatic matrices. Annual collection campaigns were carried out from 2009 to 2012, alternating dry and rainy seasons. Viral particles present in the samples were concentrated by the adsorption-elution method, with negatively charged membranes, and detected by qualitative and quantitative PCR. From a total of 43 samples at least one virus was detected in 65% (28) of them. Viruses were detected in all matrices with concentrations ranging from 2 × 102 to 8·3 × 104 genome copies per litre. A significant higher RVA frequency was observed in the dry season. Our data revealing dissemination of human enteric viruses in water matrices both inside and outside the reserve could be useful to trace faecal contamination in the environment and to minimize the risk of infection by exposure of susceptible individuals. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: This study is part of a collaborative project designed to investigate the environmental and health conditions of the Private Reserve of Natural Heritage at Pantanal, the largest seasonally flooded wetland in the world. The project aimed to promote health and quality of human and wildlife extending technical-scientific knowledge about pathogens present in the region. By assessing the occurrence of human enteric viruses in different water matrices we demonstrated the anthropogenic impact of surrounding population and pointed out the potential risk of infection by exposure of susceptible individuals.

Índice de patogenicidade, produção de hemolisina e sorogrupo de amostras de Escherichia coli isoladas de aves de postura comercial / Pathogenicity index, production of hemolysin and serogroup of samples of Escherichia coli isolated from commercial laying hens

Este estudo avaliou o índice de patogenicidade, a produção de hemolisina e a determinação de sorogrupos de cepas deEscherichia coli isoladas de fígado de aves de postura comercial com um dia de idade. Para este estudo, foram analisados 32 lotes, dos quais 15 foram positivos para o isolamento de E. coli no fígado, totalizando vinte e quatro amostras. A patogenicidade dos isolados foi determinada por inoculação no saco aéreo de pintinhos e classificada como alta, intermediária, baixa ou não-patogênica. Os sorogrupos foram identificados utilizando um conjunto de antissoros anti-O (O1 a O180). A produção de hemolisina foi determinada por semeadura em ágar sangue de galinha (8%) e em placas de ágar sangue de carneiro (8%). Do total de amostras estudadas, 17 (70,83%) foram classificadas como não patogênica, 6 (25%) como de baixa patogenicidade e 1 (4,17%) de alta patogenicidade. Foram identificados 14 sorogrupos diferentes: O1, O2, O5, O8, O15, O18, O22, O36, O64, O70, O75, O115, O132, O141. Cinco cepas não tiveram o sorogrupo identificado. Com relação ao teste de produção de hemolisina, todas as cepas foram consideradas negativas, tanto para o teste realizado com ágar sangue de galinha quanto para o de carneiro. Os resultados obtidos neste estudo demonstram a importância de se identificar as cepas prevalentes deE. colinas diferentes regiões produtoras, podendo ser utilizados em estudos epidemiológicos.

This work evaluated the index of pathogenicity, the production of hemolysin and determination of serogroups in Escherichia coli strains isolated from liver of commercial laying hens with one day of age. Thirtytwo lots were analyzed, of which 15 were positive for the isolation ofE. coli in the liver, for a total of 24 samples. The pathogenicity in one-day-old chicks was determined by inoculation in air sac and was classified as high, intermediate or low pathogenicity, or non-pathogenic. Serogroups were identified using a set of anti-O antisera (O1 to O180). The production of hemolysin was determined by plating on chicken blood agar (8%) and sheep blood agar (8%). Of the samples studied, 17 (70.83%) were classified as non-pathogenic, 6 (25%) as low pathogenicity and 1 (4.17%) as high pathogenicity. Fourteen different serogroups were identified: O1, O2, O5, O8, O15, O18, O22, O36, O64, O70, O75, O115, O132 and O141, while 5 samples were non-typable. Regarding the test for production of hemolysin, all strains were considered negative for both the test performed with chicken blood agar and that with sheep blood agar. The results of this study demonstrate the importance of identifying the prevalent strains of E. coli in different producing regions, as this information can be used in epidemiological studies.

ÍNDICE DE PATOGENICIDADE, PRODUÇÃO DE HEMOLISINA E SOROGRUPO DE AMOSTRAS DE ESCHERICHIA COLI ISOLADAS DE AVES DE POSTURA COMERCIAL

ABSTRACT This work evaluated the index of pathogenicity, the production of hemolysin and determination of serogroups in Escherichia coli strains isolated from liver of commercial laying hens with one day of age. Thirtytwo lots were analyzed, of which 15 were positive for the isolation ofE. coli in the liver, for a total of 24 samples. The pathogenicity in one-day-old chicks was determined by inoculation in air sac and was classified as high, intermediate or low pathogenicity, or non-pathogenic. Serogroups were identified using a set of anti-O antisera (O1 to O180). The production of hemolysin was determined by plating on chicken blood agar (8%) and sheep blood agar (8%). Of the samples studied, 17 (70.83%) were classified as non-pathogenic, 6 (25%) as low pathogenicity and 1 (4.17%) as high pathogenicity. Fourteen different serogroups were identified: O1, O2, O5, O8, O15, O18, O22, O36, O64, O70, O75, O115, O132 and O141, while 5 samples were non-typable. Regarding the test for production of hemolysin, all strains were considered negative for both the test performed with chicken blood agar and that with sheep blood agar. The results of this study demonstrate the importance of identifying the prevalent strains of E. coli in different producing regions, as this information can be used in epidemiological studies.

RESUMO Este estudo avaliou o índice de patogenicidade, a produção de hemolisina e a determinação de sorogrupos de cepas deEscherichia coli isoladas de fígado de aves de postura comercial com um dia de idade. Para este estudo, foram analisados 32 lotes, dos quais 15 foram positivos para o isolamento de E. coli no fígado, totalizando vinte e quatro amostras. A patogenicidade dos isolados foi determinada por inoculação no saco aéreo de pintinhos e classificada como alta, intermediária, baixa ou não-patogênica. Os sorogrupos foram identificados utilizando um conjunto de antissoros anti-O (O1 a O180). A produção de hemolisina foi determinada por semeadura em ágar sangue de galinha (8%) e em placas de ágar sangue de carneiro (8%). Do total de amostras estudadas, 17 (70,83%) foram classificadas como não patogênica, 6 (25%) como de baixa patogenicidade e 1 (4,17%) de alta patogenicidade. Foram identificados 14 sorogrupos diferentes: O1, O2, O5, O8, O15, O18, O22, O36, O64, O70, O75, O115, O132, O141. Cinco cepas não tiveram o sorogrupo identificado. Com relação ao teste de produção de hemolisina, todas as cepas foram consideradas negativas, tanto para o teste realizado com ágar sangue de galinha quanto para o de carneiro. Os resultados obtidos neste estudo demonstram a importância de se identificar as cepas prevalentes deE. colinas diferentes regiões produtoras, podendo ser utilizados em estudos epidemiológicos.

Desempenho de poedeiras comerciais consumindo água filtrada

ABSTRACT The objective of this study was to evaluate filtered water for the intake of laying hens. One hundred commercial laying hens with 30 weeks of age were housed in cages with nipple drinkers for 63 days divided in 3 cycles of 21 days each. This study was analyzed as a completely randomized design with 2 treatments: unfiltered water supply and filtered water supply and 10 replicates of 5 hens per pen. Data were taken on the performance percentage of egg production, feed intake and feed gain ratio (kg/kg and kg/dozen), bacteriological analyses of fecal and total coliform in the water, egg quality specific gravity, egg weight, egg mass and eggshell percentage. These data were submitted to analyses of variance and F Test at 5% of significance. The hens fed filtered water showed higher egg percentage, greater number of eggs per hen, higher egg mass and better feed-gain ratio The egg quality was not influenced by the treatments. The analyses showed that the water supplied by the purification system improved the bacteriological quality of the water used to feed the hens.

RESUMO Com o objetivo de avaliar o efeito do fornecimento de água filtrada na dessedentação de aves, foram utilizadas cem poedeiras comerciais brancas com 30 semanas de idade alojadas em gaiolas equipadas com bebedouros tipo nipple, divididos em três ciclos de 21 dias cada. O delineamento experimental inteiramente casualizado foi constituído por dois tratamentos com fornecimento de água não filtrada e água filtrada e dez repetições de cinco aves por parcela. Foram coletados dados para avaliação do desempenho tais como: porcentagem de postura, consumo de ração e conversão alimentar e para análise bacteriológica: coliformes fecal e total. Para avaliar a qualidade de ovos foram feitas as seguintes análises: gravidade específica, peso médio dos ovos, massa de ovos e porcentagem de casca. Os dados obtidos foram submetidos à analise de variância e teste F a 5% de significância. As aves que receberam água filtrada apresentaram maior percentagem de postura, maior número de ovos por ave alojada, maior massa de ovo e melhor conversão alimentar. A qualidade dos ovos não foi influenciada pelos tratamentos, no entanto, as análises realizadas constataram que a purificação da água pelo sistema de filtração melhorou a qualidade bacteriológica da água utilizada na dessedentação das aves.

Importancia das perdizes (rhynchotus rufescens) como fonte potencial de vírus patogênico da doença de newcastle para aves domésticas / Relevance of partridge (rhynchotus rufescens) a potential source of pathogenic virus of newcastle disease to domestic fowl

RESUMO Foram realizados estudos para esclarecimento do real papel exercido pela perdiz (Rhynchotus rufescens), no plano epidemiológico, dentro da perspectiva de fonte de infecção do vírus da doença de Newcastle (VDN). Para tanto, foram empregadas aves SPF ("specificpathogen free") conviventes com perdizes inoculadas com uma estirpe patogênica (velogênica viscerotrópica) do VDN ( DIE50 = 108,15/ 0,1 mL), pela via óculo-nasal. Cada grupo foi constituído por 6 aves SPF e 6 perdizes. Decorridos cinco (grupo 1), 15 (grupo 2) e 30 dias (grupo 3) após inoculação das perdizes com VDN, 6 aves SPF foram alojadas junto a cada grupo de perdizes, havendo contato direto entre as espécies. Decorridos também 5, 15 e 30 dias após o desafio das perdizes com o VDN, foram colhidos suabes de cloaca das perdizes, para o isolamento viral (vírus patogênico) em embriões de galinhas SPF. As perdizes apresentaram-se refratárias à doença clínica com o VDN. Nestas, o isolamento viral ocorreu de 5 até 15 dias após o desafio com o VDN, demonstrando-se assim o estado de portador do VDN da perdiz, passados até 15 dias da infecção experimental com este patógeno. Já 100% das aves SPF conviventes com perdizes infectadas com o VDN, passados agora 5 (grupo 1) e 15 dias (grupo 2), morreram de 4 a 8 dias após o contato direto entre as espécies. Nestas, os sintomas clínicos e lesões sugestivos da enfermidade de Newcastle foram confirmados pelo reisolamento e identificação do VDN, a partir de suabes de traquéia e cloaca. Desse modo, ficou evidente a transmissão de vírus patogênico (VDN) da perdiz, decorridos até 15 dias da infecção experimental com este patógeno, para aves SPF conviventes, o que vem realçar a importância da perdiz (Rhynchotus rufescens), do ponto de vista epidemiológico, como fonte potencial de infecção do VDN para aves domésticas em convívio ou próximas a sua criação.

ABSTRACT Studies were made to clarify the real role that was played by the partridge (Rhynchotus rufescens) in the epidemiological plan, under the perspective of its being an infection source of the Newcastle disease virus (NDV). For this, the study used specific-pathogen-free birds (SPF) that were housed with partridges inoculated with a pathogenic strain (velogenic viscerotropic) of NDV (DIE50=108,15/0,1 mL), by the ocular-nasal via. Each group was composed by 6 SPF birds and 6 partridges. At 5, 15 and 30 days after the inoculation of the partridgeswith NDV, 6 SPF birds were put together with each group of partridges, so that there was a direct contact between the species. After 5, 15 and 30 days since the challenge of the partridge with NDV, the samples were collected by means of cloacal swabs of the partridge for the viral isolation (pathogenic virus) in SPF embryos. There was no clinical disease in the partridges inoculated with NDV. Therefore, there was viral isolation from 5 to 15 days after the challenge with the NDV, demonstrating, this way the state of carrier of the partridge NDV which happened until 15 days of the experimental infection with this pathogen. So, 100% of the SPF birds which were housed with the NDV infected partridges, after 5 (group 1) and 15 days (group 2), died from four to eight days after the direct contact among species. This way, the transmission of the pathogenic virus of the partridgeswas evident until 15 days of the experimental infection with this pathogen (NDV) for the SPF birds that were housed together, and that calls the attention to the importance of the partridges from the epidemiological point of view as potential source of infection of the NDV to domestical birds that housed with these specie or near this breeding.

Effectiveness of Cyanothece spp. and Cyanospira capsulata exocellular polysaccharides as antiadhesive agents for blocking attachment of Helicobacter pylori to human gastric cells.

The effect of cyanobacterial polysaccharides (from Cyanothece spp. and Cyanospira capsulata) on the binding of Helicobacter pylori to gastric epithelial cells was evaluated. The antiadhesive action on Kato III and HeLa S3 human gastric cell lines was established.

Cytogenetic analysis of a multinodular thyroid goiter.

Short-term cultures of a collagenase disaggregated multinodular goiter was shown by cytogenetic analysis to have the mosaic karyotype 47,XX, +7/48,XX, +7, +17/49,XX, +7, +10, +17. No cytogenetic data on goiter are available for comparison with the present case.