Detection of rabies virus in Callithrix penicillata (Geoffroy, 1812) in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Milton Formiga Souza Júnior, Thallyta Maria Vieira, Agna Soares da Silva Menezes, Maria Clara Lélis Ramos Cardoso, Dulce Pimenta Gonçalves, Vanessa Ferreira da Silva, Gilberto Ramalho Pereira, Ronnie Antunes de Assis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2024
• Subjects: Rabies virus; Chiropteran (Artibeus sp); Marmoset (Callithrix penicillata); Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0029-2024; https://doaj.org/article/91b228e6f80e4008af54ac4b54d99deb

ABSTRACT This report describes the occurrence of the rabies virus in two species of wild animals in the urban area of Montes Claros (MOC), Minas Gerais State, Brazil, in May 2023. The virus has been detected in frugivorous chiropterans (Artibeus sp) and marmosets (Callithrix penicillata). This is the first notified case of the rabies virus in the species C. penicillata in the urban area of MOC. Our findings show that the rabies virus is circulating in the urban area of MOC; therefore, permanent preventive measures must be adopted to avoid infection of other animals and humans.