Rabies in Callithrix sp. in the urban area of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
• Main Authors: Flavio Fernando Batista Moutinho, Marcela Garcia Araújo de Andrade, Viviane Moura Azevedo Nunes, Eduardo Cárdenas Nogueira Rubião, Helena Beatriz de Carvalho Ruthner Batista, Phyllis Catharina Romijn, Carlos Alberto Cattaneo, Fernando Guilherme de Oliveira, Rafael de Novaes Oliveira, Nairedisa Marcanth, Leilane Gorga Gaspar Ruas Silvestre, Fábio Villas Boas Borges, Sávio Freire Bruno
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2020
• Subjects: Primates; Lyssavirus; Rhabdoviridae; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1590/0037-8682-0402-2019; https://doaj.org/article/96ab21a03e4c47538b5d7bc3f9025337

Abstract In Brazil, rabies occurs mainly within an urban cycle, in which dogs and bats are reservoirs. This paper aims to report the occurrence of rabies in Callithrix sp. in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In June 2019 a hybrid specimen was referred for diagnosis. The Direct Fluorescent Antibody, Mouse Inoculation, and Polymerase Chain Reaction tests were positive. A phylogenetic analysis was compatible with antigenic variant 3, characteristic of Desmodus rotundus. New studies should be undertaken to elucidate the real role of callitrichids in the urban rabies cycle.