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Abstract

The rapid and disorderly urbanization in the Amazon has resulted in the insertion of forest fragments into cities, causing the circulation of arboviruses, which can involve hematophagous arthropods and free-ranging birds in the transmission cycles in urban environments. This study aimed to evaluate the circulation of arboviruses in free-ranging birds and hematophagous arthropods captured in an Environmental Protection Area in the Belem metropolitan area, Brazil. Birds were captured using mist nets, and hematophagous arthropods were collected using a human protected attraction technique and light traps. The birds’ sera were subjected to a hemagglutination inhibition test to detect antibodies against 29 arbovirus antigens. Arthropod macerates were inoculated into C6/36 and VERO cell cultures to attempt viral isolation and were tested using indirect immunofluorescence, subsequent genetic sequencing and submitted for phylogenetic analysis. Four bird sera were positive for arbovirus, and one batch of Psorophora ferox was positive for Flavivirus on viral isolation and indirect immunofluorescence. In addition, the Ilheus virus was detected in the sequencing and phylogenetic analysis. The presence of antibodies in sera from free-ranging birds and the isolation of Ilheus virus in Psorophora ferox indicate the circulation of arboviruses in forest remnants in the urban center of Belem.

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Title
Arboviruses in Free-Ranging Birds and Hematophagous Arthropods (Diptera, Nematocera) from Forest Remnants and Urbanized Areas of an Environmental Protection Area in the Amazon Biome
Author
Bruna Alves Ramos 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Liliane Leal Das Chagas 1 ; Franko de Arruda e Silva 1 ; Eder Barros dos Santos 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Jannifer Oliveira Chiang 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Joaquim Pinto Nunes Neto 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Durval Bertram Rodrigues Vieira 1 ; José Wilson Rosa Junior 1 ; Eliana Vieira Pinto da Silva 1 ; Maria Nazaré Oliveira Freitas 1 ; Maissa Maia Santos 1 ; Jamilla Augusta de Sousa Pantoja 1 ; Ercília de Jesus Gonçalves 1 ; Landeson Junior Leopoldino Barros 1 ; Silva, Sandro Patroca 1 ; Carine Fortes Aragão 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Ribeiro Cruz, Ana Cecilia 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Lívia Medeiros Neves Casseb 1 ; Lizandra Caroline dos Santos Souto 2 ; Joana D’Arc Pereira Mascarenhas 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Erilene Cristina Da Silva Furtado 3 ; Raimundo Nelson Souza Da Silva 4 ; Alexandre do Rosário Casseb 4 ; Martins, Lívia Carício 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Department of Arbovirology and Hemorrhagic Fevers, Evandro Chagas Institute, BR 316, km 07, s/n, Levilândia, Ananindeua 67030-000, PA, Brazil 
 Department of Virology, Evandro Chagas Institute, BR 316, km 07, s/n, Levilândia, Ananindeua 67030-000, PA, Brazil 
 Central Laboratory of Pará State (LACEN-PA), Boulevard Augusto Montenegro, 524, Guajará Park, Belem 66823-010, PA, Brazil 
 Health and Animal Production Institute, Federal Rural University of Amazonia, Boulevard Pres. Tancredo Neves, 2501, Terra Firme, Belem 66077-830, PA, Brazil 
First page
2101
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
19994915
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2728551302
Copyright
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.