INTRODUCTION Toxoplasma gondii infections have been reported for many warm-blooded animals around the world including chiropterans. However, in Colombia, the country that holds the highest taxonomic richness of this order of mammals in the Neotropics, up to date there are no reports of T. gondii in bats (Carollia brevicauda). PURPOSE The objective of the present study was to detect T. gondii DNA from internal bat organs from Quindío, Colombia. RESULTS We report the first detection of T. gondii DNA from internal bat organs in the department of Quindio, Central Andes of Colombia. Out of three silky short tail bat (Carollia brevicauda) specimens collected at the natural reserve "La Montaña del Ocaso", organs were recovered (lungs, liver, heart, kidneys, small and large intestine) and tested for T. gondii through PCR for B1 sequence, with 1/3 (33.3%) positive result for the presence of T. gondii DNA in bat kidney tissues. CONCLUSION Taking into consideration the high diversity of bat species in Colombia, and the complexity of the ecological and functional relationships that these organisms establish in the ecosystems they inhabit, we discuss on the urgent need for more detailed research and surveys for Toxoplansma in bats and other mammalian wild species.

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首次在哥伦比亚野生蝙蝠中检测到弓形虫 DNA。

引言 世界各地的许多温血动物，包括手足类动物，都曾报道过弓形虫感染。然而，在哥伦比亚这个新热带地区这一类哺乳动物中拥有最高分类丰富度的国家，迄今为止还没有关于蝙蝠 (Carollia brevicauda) 中弓形虫的报道。目的 本研究的目的是从哥伦比亚昆迪奥的蝙蝠内部器官中检测弓形虫 DNA。结果 我们报告了在哥伦比亚中部安第斯山脉的昆迪奥省首次从蝙蝠内部器官中检测到弓形虫 DNA。在自然保护区“La Montaña del Ocaso”收集的三个丝质短尾蝙蝠（Carollia brevicauda）标本中，回收了器官（肺、肝脏、心脏、肾脏、小肠和大肠）并通过 PCR 检测了弓形虫B1序列，蝙蝠肾组织中存在弓形虫 DNA 的阳性结果为 1/3 (33.3%)。结论 考虑到哥伦比亚蝙蝠物种的高度多样性，以及这些生物在其栖息的生态系统中建立的生态和功能关系的复杂性，我们讨论迫切需要对蝙蝠和其他蝙蝠中的弓形虫进行更详细的研究和调查。哺乳动物野生物种。