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Erschienen in: EcoHealth 4/2023

18.01.2024 | Short Communication

No Evidence of Rabies Exposure in Wild Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) of Northeast Brazil

verfasst von: Julio A. Benavides, Jane Megid, Juliana Galera Castilho, Carla I. Macedo, Regina Maria Mourão Fuches, Neuza Maria Frazatti Gallina, Vanner Boere, Bruna Zalafon-Silva, Ramiro Monã da Silva, José Flávio Vidal Coutinho, Maria de Fatima Arruda, Ita de Oliveira e Silva, Mônica Mafra Valença-Montenegro, Jefferson Farias Cordeiro, Silvana Leal, Cintia de Sousa Higashi, Fabíola de Souza Medeiros, Alene Uchoa de Castro, Rodrigo Rizzo, Fabio Antonio Sena, Paola de Cassia Gonçalves, Silene Manrique Rocha, Marcelo Wada, Alexander Vargas, Maria Luiza Carrieri, Ivanete Kotait

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Abstract

Rabies transmitted by wildlife is the main source of human rabies mortality in Latin America and considered an emerging disease. The common marmoset Callithrix jacchus of Brazil is the only known primate reservoir of rabies worldwide. We tested whether alive free-ranging C. jacchus were exposed to rabies in four northeast states that have previously reported rabies-positive dead C. jacchus (Pernambuco and Bahia) or not (Paraíba and Rio Grande do Norte). Our results show no evidence of rabies antibodies or infection in the sampled C. jacchus, suggesting that apparently healthy marmosets are not widely exposed to rabies over their natural range.
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Metadaten
Titel
No Evidence of Rabies Exposure in Wild Marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) of Northeast Brazil
verfasst von
Julio A. Benavides
Jane Megid
Juliana Galera Castilho
Carla I. Macedo
Regina Maria Mourão Fuches
Neuza Maria Frazatti Gallina
Vanner Boere
Bruna Zalafon-Silva
Ramiro Monã da Silva
José Flávio Vidal Coutinho
Maria de Fatima Arruda
Ita de Oliveira e Silva
Mônica Mafra Valença-Montenegro
Jefferson Farias Cordeiro
Silvana Leal
Cintia de Sousa Higashi
Fabíola de Souza Medeiros
Alene Uchoa de Castro
Rodrigo Rizzo
Fabio Antonio Sena
Paola de Cassia Gonçalves
Silene Manrique Rocha
Marcelo Wada
Alexander Vargas
Maria Luiza Carrieri
Ivanete Kotait
Publikationsdatum
18.01.2024
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
EcoHealth / Ausgabe 4/2023
Print ISSN: 1612-9202
Elektronische ISSN: 1612-9210
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-023-01663-6

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