Serological evidence of Bartonellosis in an indigenous community in the Brazilian Legal Amazonia.
Viviane Karolina ViviAdonai Alvino Pessoa JuniorThays Euzébio Joaquim LacerdaTatiana RozentalElba Regina Sampaio de LemosMariano Martinez EspinosaLeonir Evandro ZenazokenaeVagner Ferreira do NascimentoAna Cláudia Pereira Terças-TrettelMarina Atanaka Dos SantosPublished in: Zoonoses and public health (2021)
The high concentration of domestic cats, the close contact of indigenous people with wild rodents and the lack of care and poor hygiene of both are aspects that imply the possibility of infection by Bartonella sp. Health surveillance through seroepidemiological studies is essential to find evidence of the circulation of bartonellosis in these populations.