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- Title
Feline rabies caused by a viral variant of insectivorous bat.
- Authors
Amado, Caio Maurício; Alberti, Tainá dos Santos; Marcolongo-Pereira, Clairton; de Sousa, Carolina Gonçalves; de Lorenzo, Cíntia; Schild, Ana Lucia; Raffi, Margarida Buss; Sallis, Eliza Simone Viégas
- Abstract
Rabies is an invariably fatal infectious-contagious viral disease caused by viruses in the genus Lyssavirus, which affects the central nervous system of domestic and wild mammals. This study draw attention to the importance of insectivorous bats and domestic cats in the epidemiology of rabies. For this, two cases of rabies registered in domestic cats in the southeast region of Rio Grande do Sul were analyzed. Diagnoses were based on histological alterations and positive staining for the virus in direct immunofluorescence with confirmation by biological test, immunohistochemical evaluation and identification of the rabies virus variant by polymerase chain reaction. In Brazil, a change in the epidemiological profile of rabies has been observed, in which bats play a major role in the current chain of transmission of the disease. It is noteworthy, that the antigenic viral variant AgV-4, typical of the insectivorous bat Tadarida brasiliensis, was identified in the domestic cats affected in this study
- Subjects
RIO Grande do Sul (Brazil : State); BRAZIL; RABIES; CATS; VIRUS diseases; BATS; POLYMERASE chain reaction
- Publication
Ciência Rural, 2024, Vol 54, Issue 10, p1
- ISSN
0103-8478
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1590/0103-8478cr20230353