scholarly journals HUMAN PARASITISM BY Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (ACARI: IXODIDAE) IN MATO GROSSO DO SUL, WEST-CENTRAL BRAZIL

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Igor Cunha Lima Acosta ◽  
Thiago Fernandes Martins ◽  
Marcelo Bahia Labruna
Keyword(s):  
Rhipicephalus Sanguineus ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
West Central ◽  
Rhipicephalus Sanguineus Sensu Lato ◽  
Mato Grosso Do Sul

O parasitismo humano pelo carrapato marrom do cão, Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato (s. l.), um importante parasita para a saúde pública e veterinária, é raramente relatado no continente americano. Este trabalho relata o registro de um macho de R. sanguineus s. l. parasitando um humano na cidade de Campo Grande, estado do Mato Grosso do Sul, no Centro-Oeste do Brasil. Essa observação é relevante para a saúde pública, uma vez que os carrapatos desse complexo são conhecidos como vetores de riquétsias do grupo da febre maculosa para cães e humanos.

scholarly journals Review of Historical Seismicity of West-Central Brazil: Newly Discovered Events and Implications for Seismic Hazard

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucimara José da Silva ◽  
Marcelo Assumpção ◽  
Edna Maria Facincani
Keyword(s):  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Historical Seismicity ◽  
Seismic Zone ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
West Central ◽  
New Information ◽  
Felt Area ◽  
Macroseismic Information ◽  
Mato Grosso Do Sul

ABSTRACT. The Pantanal basin seismic zone has experienced earthquakes with magnitudes up to 5.4 mb. New information on historical events was searched for in regional newspapers, especially the "Correio do Estado", Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil. Several small new events, not previously reported in the Catalog of Berrocal et al. (1984), were discovered.  Five events had new macroseismic information from different localities allowing magnitudes to be estimated from the felt area. Ten new events were also discovered, each one felt in a single locality. The event of 1906-Oct-24, with previous magnitude 4.2, was felt in a larger area indicating magnitude 4.9 mb. The large event of 1919-June-01, reported in the Catalog with 4.9 mb, was false, and had resulted from joining a local tremor probably due to a meteorite fall in Santa Luzia (GO) with wrong interpretation of records of the RDJ station, Rio de Janeiro, as if they were from the same event in Mato Grosso. The revised catalog for the West-Central Brazil, compared with geophysical maps, shows that earthquakes occur in areas of low velocities in the upper mantle, as well as in areas of positive gravity free-air anomalies. Stress concentration in the upper crust can be explained as due to both lithospheric thinning and flexure.Keywords: historical seismicity, Pantanal, macroseismic information. Revisão da Sismicidade História do Centro-Oeste do Brasil: Novos Sismos Recém Descobertos e Implicações para Ameaça SísmicaRESUMO. A zona sísmica da bacia do Pantanal tem sismos até 5,4 mb. Informações mais detalhadas sobre eventos históricos foram pesquisadas em jornais regionais, especialmente o "Correio do Estado", Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul. Vários pequenos eventos novos foram descobertos que não constavam do Catálogo anterior de Berrocal et al. (1984). Cinco eventos tiveram novas informações macrossísmicas de diferentes localidades, permitindo estimar magnitudes pela área afetada. Foram descobertos dez novos eventos, cada um com informações de uma única localidade. O evento de 24-Out-1906, com magnitude anterior 4,2, foi sentido em uma área maior, indicando magnitude de 4,9 mb. Já o grande evento de 01-Jun-1919, relatado no Catálogo com magnitude 4,9 mb, era falso, sendo resultado da junção de um tremor local, possivelmente devido à queda de um meteorito em Santa Luzia (GO), com interpretação errada dos registros da estação RDJ (Rio de Janeiro), como se fossem provenientes de um único evento em Mato Grosso. O catálogo revisado para a região Centro-Oeste do Brasil, comparado com mapas geofísicos, mostra que os sismos ocorrem em áreas de baixas velocidades no manto superior, bem como em áreas de anomalias ar-livre positivas. A concentração de tensões na crosta superior pode ser explicada tanto por afinamento litosférico, como por flexura.Palavras-chave: sismicidade histórica, Pantanal, informação macrossísmica.

scholarly journals Occurrence of Mycoplasma haemocanis in dogs infested by ticks in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 360-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Leite Soares ◽  
Jessica Teles Echeverria ◽  
Giovana Pazzuti ◽  
Herbert Patric Kellerman Cleveland ◽  
Verônica Jorge Babo-Terra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rhipicephalus Sanguineus ◽  
Chain Reaction ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Epidemiological Factors ◽  
Epidemiological Features ◽  
Blood Sucking ◽  
Rhipicephalus Sanguineus Sensu Lato ◽  
Dog Blood ◽  
Polymerase Chain ◽  
Mato Grosso Do Sul

Abstract Hemotropic mycoplasmas in dogs, such as Mycoplasma haemocanis, have been described worldwide. Recently, these pathogens have been reported to be causative agent of zoonosis. It is known that its transmission may occur through the action of blood-sucking arthropods (e.g. ticks or fleas), through blood transfusion, contaminated fomites and/or transplacentally. In Brazil, M. haemocanis is present in practically all regions and the tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato is suspected the main vector. In the municipality of Campo Grande, state of Mato Grosso do Sul, there is little information about infection of dogs by M. haemocanis, or on the main epidemiological features associated with it. Thus, the aim of the present study was to determine the occurrence of M. haemocanis among dogs infested by ticks and to assess possible associations with some epidemiological factors. The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA sequencing were used to analyze dog blood samples (n = 94). DNA from M. haemocanis was detected in four samples. No significant associations were observed with any epidemiological parameter analyzed here. However, the results from this study confirm that this pathogen is circulating in this region and should be considered in the differential diagnosis of diseases among anemic dogs.

scholarly journals Parasitological assessment in the hybrid surubim (Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum x P. corruscans), with uncommon occurrence of Monogenea parasites

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-186 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Tomas Jerônimo ◽  
Santiago Benites de Pádua ◽  
Arlene Sobrinho Ventura ◽  
Eduardo Luis Tavares Gonçalves ◽  
Márcia Mayumi Ishikawa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Cold Season ◽  
Parasite Fauna ◽  
Ichthyophthirius Multifiliis ◽  
Fish Farms ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
Ecological Concern ◽  
Host Parasite ◽  
Mato Grosso Do Sul

Abstract This study evaluated the parasite fauna of farmed hybrid surubim (Pseudoplatystoma reticulatum x P. corruscans) and the host-parasite-environment relationship in two fish farms located in Mato Grosso do Sul, Central Brazil, South America. A total of 120 hybrids from two different farms, 60 in each season (30 in the hot and 30 in cold season) were examined during a year. Water quality was weekly measured to evaluate the interaction among environmental conditions and parasitism. Histopathology was used to observe the effects of the parasites and environment on the fish gills. The ciliate protozoan Ichthyophthirius multifiliis and the monogeneans (Ameloblastella sp., Amphocleithrium paraguayensis, Vancleaveus ciccinus, V. fungulus and V. janacauensis) were the most prevalent parasites detected in both seasons in both farms, with prevalence above 80%. It was stated that parasites did not cause important damage in the health status of the hybrid surubim. These results might be related to general good management practices and environmental quality implemented by the fish farmers. The presence of uncommon monogenean parasites to this hybrid compared to their parents causing an environmental and ecological concern is here discussed.

scholarly journals Insecta, Hemiptera, Cicadidae, Quesada gigas (Olivier, 1790), Fidicina mannifera (Fabricius, 1803), Dorisiana viridis (Olivier, 1790) and Dorisiana drewseni (Stål, 1854): first records for the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil

Check List ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camila Aoki ◽  
Frederico Santos Lopes ◽  
Franco Leandro de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Present Note ◽  
The State ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
First Time ◽  
Mato Grosso Do Sul

No information is given for the distribution of Cicadidae in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, central Brazil. Thus, the present note reports the species Quesada gigas, Fidicina mannifera, Dorisiana viridis and D. drewseni for the first time in this state.

scholarly journals Corumbataia britskii (Siluriformes: Loricariidae: Hypoptopomatinae) a new species from the upper Rio Paraná basin, Mato Grosso do Sul, Central Brazil

Zootaxa ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 1386 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
KATIANE M. FERREIRA ◽  
ALEXANDRE C. RIBEIRO
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
Paraná Basin ◽  
Parana Basin ◽  
Mato Grosso Do Sul ◽  
A New Species

A new Hypoptopomatinae, Corumbataia britskii, is described based on specimens recently collected in a tributary of the upper Rio Paraná basin, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Brazil. Corumbataia britskii differs from its congeners by having a more depressed head profile (vs. a more rounded head profile in C. cuestae and C. tocantinensis), by having a more developed and conspicuous tuft of enlarged odontodes on the tip of the supraoccipital (vs. its reduced condition found in C. cuestae and C. tocantinensis), and by heaving a partially enclosed arrector fossae (vs. an almost completely enclosed arrector fossae in C. cuestae and C. tocantinensis).

scholarly journals Prey availability influences the diet of Scinax fuscomarginatus in a Cerrado area, Central Brazil

2020 ◽  
pp. 169-175
Author(s):  
G. Michelin ◽  
K. Ceron ◽  
D. J. Santana
Keyword(s):  
Prey Availability ◽  
Stomach Contents ◽  
Selectivity Index ◽  
Generalist Predators ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
Important Prey ◽  
Prey Composition ◽  
Generalist Diet ◽  
Mato Grosso Do Sul

Prey availability in an environment may change seasonally and these changes should be considered as determinant factors for the diets of anurans. Scinax species are generalist predators that feed on arthropods, but data concernning their diet in relation to prey availability are lacking. In this study, we describe the diet of Scinax fuscomarginatus by evaluating its possibly generalist diet related to prey availability in its environment. We studied the diet of Scinax fuscomarginatus by analysing the stomach contents of 48 individuals captured in the Campo Grande municipality, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil. We found eight prey categories, the most common and most representative being Hemiptera. The selectivity index of the two most important prey varied inversely between dry and wet seasons. Prey availability also varied between seasons. These results suggest a temporal pattern in prey composition and in the diet of Scinax fuscomarginatus.

scholarly journals Trichomycterus dali: a new highly troglomorphic catfish (Silurifomes: Trichomycteridae) from Serra da Bodoquena, Mato Grosso do Sul State, Central Brazil

2011 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 477-491 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Pereira Rizzato ◽  
Edmundo P. D. Costa-Jr. ◽  
Eleonora Trajano ◽  
Maria Elina Bichuette
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Skin Pigmentation ◽  
The Body ◽  
Total Loss ◽  
Karst Area ◽  
Advanced Degree ◽  
Diagnostic Features ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
Mato Grosso Do Sul

Trichomycterus dali, new species, is described from flooded limestone caves in Serra da Bodoquena karst area, State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Central Brazil. The new species is diagnosed by a unique character in the genus, the presence of conspicuous, ridge-like adipose folds lining dorsally throughout the body. Trichomycterus dali can be further distinguished readily from epigean congeners by the reduction of eyes and skin pigmentation (except for T. gorgona), and from remaining congeners (i.e., all hypogean plus T. gorgona) by the total loss of eyes, not visible externally (except for T. sandovali and T. spelaeus). Other diagnostic features includes very long barbels, especially the nasal (99.3-143.5% HL) and the maxillary (97.0-131.3% HL), pectoral-fin ray count reaching I,9 and a unique cranial fontanel with a conspicuous constriction on the meeting point of supraoccipital and the two frontal bones. The troglobitic status of the species is suggested by the presence of troglomorphisms on an advanced degree, especially the reduction of skin pigmentation, the total loss of eyes and the enlarged barbels. In addition, the presence of a well developed adipose fold in adults may indicate a distinctive adaptation acquired by neoteny to withstand the food scarce conditions of its hypogean habitat.

The advertisement call and geographic distribution of Proceratophrys dibernardoi Brandão, Caramaschi, Vaz-Silva & Campos 2013 (Anura, Odontophrynidae)

Zootaxa ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 4205 (5) ◽  
pp. 480
Author(s):  
CLÁUDIA MÁRCIA MARILY FERREIRA ◽  
JOSÉ LUIZ MASSAO MOREIRA SUGAI ◽  
FRANCO LEANDRO DE SOUZA ◽  
SHEILA PEREIRA DE ANDRADE ◽  
WILIAN VAZ-SILVA ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Geographic Distribution ◽  
Species Group ◽  
The State ◽  
Advertisement Call ◽  
Advertisement Calls ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
First Time ◽  
Mato Grosso Do Sul

Proceratophrys dibernardoi Brandão, Caramaschi, Vaz-Silva & Campos 2013 has recently been described and allocated into the P. cristiceps species group, but no information about its advertisement calls has been provided (Brandão et al. 2013). Here, we describe for the first time the advertisement calls of P. dibernardoi based on specimens from Central Brazil. We also expand P. dibernardoi´s geographic distribution by reporting a new population in the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, constituting the westernmost record for this species, and extending its known range approximately 330 km westward of the municipality of Aporé, State of Goiás (P. dibernardoi´s former westernmost record). 

scholarly journals Prevalence of hepatitis C virus infection in quilombo remnant communities in Central Brazil

2008 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 359-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nádia R.S. Reis ◽  
Ana R.C. Motta-Castro ◽  
Ágabo M.C. Silva ◽  
Sheila A. Teles ◽  
Clara F.T. Yoshida ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hepatitis C Virus ◽  
Hepatitis C ◽  
Hcv Infection ◽  
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay ◽  
Hcv Rna ◽  
Rna Detection ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Central Brazil ◽  
Low Prevalence ◽  
Mato Grosso Do Sul

In order to determine the prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in quilombo remnant communities in Central Brazil, 1,007 subjects were interviewed in all 12 communities existing in Mato Grosso do Sul State, Central Brazil. Blood samples were collected and sera were tested for anti-HCV by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Positive samples were retested for confirmation using a line immunoassay and were also subjected to HCV RNA detection. The prevalence of HCV infection was 0.2%. This finding shows a low prevalence of HCV infection in quilombo remnant communities in Central Brazil.

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