Rabies virus in Molossus molossus (Chiroptera: Molossidae) in the State of Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil

Rabies virus was detected in bats (Molossus molossus) from an urban area in the City of Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil. Four individuals were found during the day in visible, non-habitual places, lying on the ground, but still alive. No contact occurred with people or animals. Of these, only tw...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Luiz Augustinho Menezes da Silva, José Lindemberg Martins Machado, Mariluce de Lima Melo, Verônica Isabel de Brito Alencar, Robson Soares de Melo, Leandro Pimentel de Andrade, Emmanuel Messias Vilar Gonçalves da Silva
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2011
Subjects:
Epidemiologia
Quirópteros
Raiva
Saúde pública
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822011000400027
https://doaj.org/article/12eda4344b1e4879a23e7e7459b25551
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Summary:Rabies virus was detected in bats (Molossus molossus) from an urban area in the City of Recife, State of Pernambuco, Brazil. Four individuals were found during the day in visible, non-habitual places, lying on the ground, but still alive. No contact occurred with people or animals. Of these, only two were identified; it was not possible to identify two specimens, since they were incinerated prior to identification. Diagnosis was positive by direct immunofluorescence and intracerebral inoculation in mice. This study presents the first instance in which the virus was detected in insectivorous bats in the State of Pernambuco.

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