Elizabete Captivo LourençoRio de Janeiro State University | UERJ · Departamento de Ecologia (DECOL)
Elizabete Captivo Lourenço
Postdoctoral UERJ
Bats, one health
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Introduction
Small mammals as environmental health indicators - an integrative approach between ecology and one health.
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July 2015 - present
Education
March 2012 - February 2015
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The lack of synthesized information regarding biodiversity is a major problem among researchers, leading to a pervasive cycle where ecologists make field campaigns to collect information that already exists and yet has not been made available for a broader audience. This problem leads to long-lasting effects in public policies such as spending mone...
The lack of synthesized information regarding biodiversity is a major problem among researchers, leading to a pervasive cycle where ecologists make field campaigns to collect information that already exists and yet has not been made available for a broader audience. This problem leads to long-lasting effects in public policies such as spending mone...
The lack of synthesized information regarding biodiversity is a major problem among researchers, leading to a pervasive cycle where ecologists make field campaigns to collect information that already exists and yet has not been made available for a broader audience. This problem leads to long-lasting effects in public policies such as spending mone...
Insect-eating bats play a crucial role in agriculture and public health by suppressing populations of agricultural pests and disease vectors. These ecosystem services promoted by insect-eating bats are essential in a world that seeks sustainability in agricultural production and the management of urban areas. Despite Brazil’s status as one of the l...
Municipal Conservation Units (UCs) are usually small (<1.000 ha), poorly studied, and without a Management Plan, but highly relevant for biodiversity in urbanized regions. The Municipal Natural Park of Nova Iguaçu (PNMNI) with 1.100 ha, is located in the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro, has a Management Plan, but shows a deficit in knowledge...
Despite the worldwide occurrence and high genetic diversity of Bartonella spp. in bats, few studies investigate their occurrence in bat-associated mites. To date, 26 species of Macronyssidae mite species have been reported from Brazil, and 15 of which were found parasitizing bats. The present study aimed to investigate the presence of Bartonella DN...
This study aimed to investigate the presence of ectoparasites and the occurrence of natural infection by Rickettsia spp. and Trypanosoma spp. in bats from Rio Grande do Sul (RS), Brazil. The evaluated animals were obtained from the Instituto de Pesquisas Veterinárias Desidério Finamor, sent by the Centro Estadual de Vigilância Sanitária, to carry o...
The genus Perissopalla Brennan and White (Trombidiformes: Trombiculidae) is currently represented by ten species with three from Brazil: Perissopalla barticonycteris Brennan, Perissopalla ipeani Brennan, and Perissopalla tanycera Brennan. In the present study, these three species are redescribed and illustrated based on the types and additional non...
Estudos ecológicos relacionados a ectoparasitos não são frequentes, principalmente, quando se trata de amostragens de longa duração. O presente estudo teve como objetivo relatar o protocolo de coleta de ectoparasitos de pequenos mamíferos terrestres não voadores realizada em dois módulos RAPELD na Ilha Grande, município de Angra dos Reis, estado do...
The mite genus Parichoronyssus Radovsky (Mesostigmata: Macronyssidae) comprises twelve known species found parasitizing bats in the New World. This study aimed to identify morphologically and molecularly macronyssid mites collected from bats and kept as backlog in the tissue bank (-80C) at the Acarological Collection of the Butantan Institute (IBSP...
Introduction
Bats, along with their ectoparasites, harbor a wide diversity of symbiotic and potential pathogenic bacteria. Despite the enormous diversity of bats (181 species), few studies aimed to investigate the bacterial microbiome of Brazilian chiropterans and associated ectoparasites. This study aimed to characterize the bacterial microbiome o...
Nos últimos anos houve um aumento de registros de morcegos com colorações atípicas, porém, ainda não se sabe a frequência desse fenômeno nas populações e como essas alterações interferem na história de vida desses animais. O objetivo deste trabalho foi relatar distúrbios cromáticos em indivíduos de uma colônia de Molossus molossus localizada próxim...
The New World genus Hooperella Vercammen-Grandjean has five valid species that are often collected parasitizing bats. Two of these species were examined in the present study, Hooperella spinirostra and Hooperella vesperuginis. Moreover, after examining both types, we propose H. spinirostra as a junior synonym of H. vesperuginis, since no difference...
Bats harbor diverse groups of ectoparasites, such as insects and mites like ticks (Ixodida). Some species of ticks with records for bats and humans have already been reported with the occurrence of pathogens. This research article aims to document new geographical and host records of ticks infesting bats in Rio de Janeiro state, Southeastern Brazil...
Cattle are the main hosts of Rhipicephalus microplus; however, this ixodid can also parasitize other animal species. We collected a specimen of R. microplus larvae from one bat Molossus rufus (Mammalia, Chiroptera) from the Cachoeirinha municipality (29° 56’ 52’’ S and 51° 5’ 43’’ W), Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The specimen was taxonomically identi...
O objetivo foi identificar e contabilizar as sementes consumidas por Carollia perspicillata na Ilha Grande, RJ, Brasil e atualizar a lista de plantas que integram sua dieta. Entre dezembro de 2014 e agosto de 2018, foram obtidas 266 capturas e recapturas de C. perspicillata. Para 167 capturas obteve-se amostras de fezes, 98 das quais apresentaram s...
Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu (REGUA) is a private, protected area inside a remnant of the Atlantic Forest with high biodiversity. Although the bats of the reserve have been sampled for more than two decades, few studies have been published about them. Based on a compilation of data from several surveys, we present an updated list of the bat specie...
Among the several noxious characteristics of Persistent Organic Polluters (POPs) is a low environmental degradation rate, which means they remain in the environment for decades. One of the measures adopted to mitigate environmental contamination is the imposition of bans and restrictions to several chemical compounds. But are bans being efficient t...
The importance of species that connect the different types of interactions is becoming increasingly recognized, and this role may be related to specific attributes of these species. Multilayer networks have two or more layers, which represent different types of interactions, for example, between different parasites and hosts that are nonetheless co...
Hemoplasmas have already been detected in bats in the United States of America, Spain, Australia, Chile, Brazil, Peru, Belize, Nigeria, Costa Rica, Germany, Switzerland and New Caledonia. The recent detection of hemoplasmas closely related to Mycoplasma haematohominis, an agent causing disease in humans, emphasizes the need for additional studies o...
The Anaplasmataceae family (order Rickettsiales) encompasses obligately intracellular bacteria of the genera Anaplasma, Ehrlichia, and Neorickettsia. Together with Coxiella burnetii (Coxiellaceae family, order Legionellales), these bacteria represent important causative agents of diseases in humans and animals. The scarcity of studies that investig...
Few studies that apply the theory of island biogeography have considered the functional and phylogenetic dimensions of diversity. However, the joint use of the three diversity dimensions, i.e. taxonomic, functional and phylogenetic, can help us to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying ecological and evolutionary processes. Here,...
Faunal inventories provide quantitative and qualitative data for different sites and are relevant sources of information for identifying areas of high species richness and endemism. Biological collections are important in this context for increasing the precision of species identification. The objectives of this study were to update the list of bat...
Verificou-se a frequência de enteroparasitos em morcegos pertencentes a cinco espécies da família Phyllostomidae capturados em três diferentes áreas de estudo, localizadas na Vila do Tinguá situada no extremo nordeste do Município de Nova Iguaçu e nos limites sul da Reserva Biológica do Tinguá, no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil nos meses de abril...
Piroplasmida is an order of the phylum Apicomplexa that comprises the Babesia, Cytauxzoon, and Theileria genera. These hemoparasites infect vertebrate blood cells and may cause serious diseases in animals and humans. Even though previous studies have shown that bats are infected by different species of piroplasmids, the occurrence and diversity of...
The relationship among bats, ectoparasites and associated microorganisms is important to investigate how humans can become exposed to zoonotic agents. Even though the diversity of Bartonella spp. in bats and ectoparasites has been previously reported, the occurrence of gltA genotypes within hosts has not been assessed so far. We aimed to investigat...
Few studies have provided information on parasitological indexes or other ecological characteristics of lice populations that parasitize small mammals in the Neotropical region. We used lice parasitizing a rodent species, Trinomys iheringi, as a study model to investigate the effect of parasite occurrence and intensity on the body condition of rode...
To show who are the majority of researchers in the Brazilian territory and what they do.
Ilha Grande, Rio de Janeiro State, is an important island remnant of Atlantic Forest and presents four conservation units. Although dogs are forbidden inside conservation units, in Ilha Grande they are present in all villages, many of them are bred loose, interacting with the tourists, the surrounding forest, and the wild animals. The entry of dogs...
PurposeNeotropical bats are infested by multiple ectoparasites (like bat fly and mite species) and investigations on these invertebrates on their hosts are crucial to better understand the ectoparasite-ectoparasite and ectoparasite-host associations. The goal of this study was to report ectoparasites species (bat flies and mites) on bats, emphasizi...
Even though Hepatozoon spp. has been molecularly detected in several wild animals in Brazil, there is no report on the occurrence of Hepatozoon spp. DNA in bats in Brazil. This study aimed at detecting Hepatozoon, in addition to ectoparasites, in non-hematophagous bats sampled in central-western Brazil using blood smears, hematoxylin-eosin (HE)-sta...
Os capítulos abordam o dia a dia e os métodos dos pesquisadores da UERJ, apresentando o que acontece dentro dos centros de pesquisas e das pós-graduações, de forma a explicitar, para a sociedade, as iniciativas que movimentam o trabalho de do mundo acadêmico/científico.
The family Streblidae comprises a monophyletic group of Hippoboscoidea, hematophagous dipterans that parasitize bats. Bartonella spp. and Rickettsia spp. have been reported in bats sampled in Europe, Africa, Asia, North, Central and South America. However, there are few reports on the Bartonella and Rickettsia bacteria infecting Hippoboscoidea flie...
Chiroptera é um grupo diverso em relação a seus hábitos alimentares e refúgios, além de apresentarem importante papel ecológico no ecossistema. No entanto, a grande parte da população não conhece sobre a biologia e ecologia desses animais e os temem por serem associados a animais maléficos. O presente trabalho objetivou apresentar a percepção dos a...
Ornithodoros faccinii Barros-Battesti, Landulfo & Luz 2015, a recently described species of soft tick, was collected from Thoropa miliaris (Spix, 1824), an amphibian of the family Cycloramphidae, in the municipality of Itaguaí, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. Primary aspects of the ecology of O. faccinii and its relationship with T. miliaris are st...
Freitas A.Q., Florião M.M., Lourenço E.C., Moya-Borja G.E., Couri M.S. &
Famadas K.M. [Dipterofauna with enphasis in Muscidae associated to cattle manure in a
tropical organic dairy system from Brazil.] Dipterofauna com ênfase em Muscidae
associada às massas fecais de bovinos em sistema orgânico de produção de leite, na região
tropical, Brasil. Rev...
The family Streblidae consists of obligate hematophagous ectoparasites of bats. The richness of Streblidae may be affected by environmental and host-related variables, collection methods, and sampling effort. The purposes of this study were to list the Streblidae species recorded in Brazil, verify their distribution in the Brazilian biomes and stat...
The aim of this study was to correlate Streblidae parasitism rates with temperature and humidity as well as sex, age and reproductive condition of Artibeus bats. Streblidae specimens were collected during two years in the Tinguá Biological Reserve and in two areas inside buffer zone, located in Nova Iguaçu, Rio de Janeiro State and preserved as wet...
Variations in the abundance of spinturnicid mites can derive from factors inherent to the environment, such as vegetation type and climate, in addition to the intrinsic host factors. Based on the premise that different landscapes can determine the abundance, richness and parasitological indices of spinturnicid species on phyllostomid bats, these ba...
The natural hosts of Amblyomma nodosum in the immature stages are a variety of birds and the anteater in the adult stage. However, so far no data have been published about this tick's life cycle. To fill this gap, a record was made of its development under laboratory conditions. All the procedures were controlled in a BOD chamber set at 27±1 °C and...
Normally, the Phyllostomidae bat community varies in number of individuals depending on food availability, which in turn varies with changes in annual rainfall. The aims of this study were to list species of Phyllostomidae bats in Curió Municipal Natural Park located in the municipality of Paracambi, state of Rio de Janeiro, southeastern Brazil, an...
Various studies have focused on the richness and abundance of bats in tropical forests and how the composition of these forests affects bat assemblages, but there are few studies on the relationship of bats with riparian forests. The aim of this study was to ascertain the differences among bat assemblages of three riparian forest areas of the Tingu...
Because of the few records of Streblidae on bats, despite extensive study on these mammals in the state of Rio de Janeiro, a survey was carried out in an area of Atlantic Forest, in the municipality of Nova Iguaçu, known as the Tinguá region. Thirteen species were added to the list of Streblidae in the state of Rio de Janeiro, of which two were new...
As a consequence of the importance of ticks in forests in protected areas, was conducted survey of species of free-living ticks in the Natural Park Municipal Curió, state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Monthly samples were taken by dragging method, dry ice traps and visual search in two transects. Adults and nymphs of Amblyomma cajennense (n= 147), Amb...
Chirnyssoides parasitizes the anterior and posterior edges of bat wing membranes. Possibly due to a lack of studies, its distribution is believed to be restricted to a few countries of Central and South America, but its actual range is probably wider. The purpose of this paper is to report the presence of Chirnyssoides amazonae on the bat Carollia...
The frequency of intestinal parasites was established in 5 species of bats of the family
Phyllostomidae captured in three different areas of study, located in the Village of Tinguá located
in the far northeast of the city of Nova Iguaçu and the southern limits Tinguá Biological Reserve,
in the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in April and July 2012....
The objective of the present study was to investigate activity time of the molossid bats Nyctinomops laticaudatus and Molossus mo/ossus at the same locality, and to test whether activity of one species affects activity of the other. During January 2007-May 2009, we sampled for 15 nights over a stream in southeastern Brazil. Total sampling effort wa...
The mark-recapture method allows analysis on the variation in the abundance of bat ectoparasites at consecutive captures. The objectives of this study were to compare the pattern of Streblidae parasitism between capture and recapture of C. perspicillata; ascertain whether the abundance of Streblidae varied with time after removal of ectoparasites a...
A list of bats species from Reserva Rio das Pedras, Municipality of Mangaratiba, was performed using captures with mist nets, from September 1995 to June 2008, totaling 242424 h.net of capture effort. A total of 30 bat species were recorded in 1321 captures and recaptures. The predominant species were Carolliaperspicillata and Artibeus lituratus. S...
The objective of this work is to present the first listing of bats collected in a fragment in Paraíso do Tobias located in the municipality of Miracema, Northwest of the Rio de Janeiro State. Nine nights of samplings were performed with mist nets and complemented with roosts search. A total of 678 captures and recaptures of 29species were recorded....
Phyllostomus hastatus bat is species broadly distributed over the Neotropical region, which uses as diurnal roosts caves, hollow trees, palm leaves and human buildings. Thirteen diurnal roosts of P. hastatus were analysed from 1990 to 2009 in several localities of Rio de Janeiro State, regarding environment (rural, urban or protected area), type of...
Resumo Esse estudo tem como objetivo reunir informações sobre as espécies de morcegos com registros na região do litoral sul do estado do Rio de Janeiro, com base em listagens de morcegos, disponíveis em publicações, dissertações e teses, e em material depositado em três coleções zoológicas. Cinqüenta e seis espécies de sete famílias foram registra...
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Few sites have been well sampled for bats, and samplings in islands are even scarcer. Therefore, the objectives of the present study were: (1) to list the bat species of Ilha da Marambaia; (2) to compare richness, abundance and biomass of bat guilds found there; (3) to analyse abundance patterns of bat species; and (4) to compare richness, abundanc...
Studies on bat richness and diversity in coastal sand dunes (‘restinga’) are still scarce. Therefore, the objectives of thepresent study were to estimate bat richness in the restinga of Praia das Neves (state of Espírito Santo, southeasternBrazil) and to analyze species abundance. Ten sampling nights were carried out in May and July 2008, resulting...
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INTRODUÇÃO Apesar do Rio de Janeiro ser o estado com maior número de inventários de morcegos (Esberard & Bergallo, 2005), ainda há lacunas. Considerando que o número satisfatório amostral é de cerca de 1000 capturas (Bergallo et al., 2003) para conhecer a riqueza de morcegos, poucas áreas podem ser consideradas suficientemente analisadas. O estado...
Resumo Para obter dados individualizados a respeito de morcegos é importante a marcação dos indivíduos a serem analisados. Descreve-se um novo método para a identificação individual de exemplares de morcegos para observações comportamentais, usando descolorante capilar. Em morcegos da espécie Phyllostomus hastatus, foram empregados moldes plásticos...
