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Cat infected by a variant of bat rabies virus in a 29-year disease-free urban area of southern Brazil

Year: 2012

Type: article

Abstract: INTRODUCTION: After 29 years, rabies was detected in a cat in Curitiba, southern Brazil. METHODS: The fluorescent antibody test (FAT) and mouse inoculation test (MIT) were performed on central nervous system (CNS) samples. RESULTS: Direct immunofluorescence was negative, but the biological test was positive and rabies virus was characterized as variant 4 (from Tadarida brasiliensis). CONCLUSIONS: Reappearance of rabies in domestic animals warns of sylvatic-aerial risk of infection and the necessity of monitoring bats in historically rabies-free areas.

Source: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical

DOI: 10.1590/s0037-86822012000200022

Authors: Vivien Midori Morikawa, Juliano Ribeiro, Alexander Welker Biondo, Anaclete Fellini, Daniele Bier, Marcelo Beltrão Molento

Institutions: Secretaria Municipal de Saúde, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Language: English

Topic: Rabies epidemiology and control

Subfield: Virology

Field: Immunology and Microbiology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W2037397124

FWCI: 0.761

Cites: 5

Cited by: 34

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