Ants' role (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as potential vectors of mycobacteria dispersion / Comportamento de formigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) como vetores potenciais de dispersão de micobactérias
Arq. Inst. Biol. (Online)
;
77(2): 359-362, abr.-jun. 2010. ilus
Article
in English
| VETINDEX, LILACS
| ID: biblio-1391138
ABSTRACT
Ants are found worldwide playing an important environmental role. Some species are considered as agricultural pests and potential risk to human life and public health acting as pathogens carriers. Ants as Paratrechina longicornis and Camponotus spp. have been found inside hospitals. The aim of this study was the research of mycobacteria in 138 samples of ants (137 Paratrechina longicornis and only one Camponotus spp.) which got into the laboratories of tuberculosis diagnosis. These ants were suspended in sterile saline solution and inoculated into Petragnani and Stonebrink media, incubated at 37° C until 90 days and the isolates were identified as environmental mycobacteria (1 Mycobacterium fortuitum peregrinum, 1 Mycobacterium smegmatis) and 1 Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. These results showed that ants should also act as mechanical vectors of mycobacteria dissemination in risk environments, reinforcing their significance in public health.
Subject(s)
Full text:
Available
Index:
LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Ants
/
Tuberculosis
/
Vector Borne Diseases
/
Mycobacterium
/
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Language:
English
Journal:
Arq. Inst. Biol. (Online)
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Instituto Biológico/BR
/
Instituto Clemente Ferreira/BR
/
Instituto de Medicina Social e de Criminologia de São Paulo/BR
Similar
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS