Unexpected rabies variant identified in kinkajou (Potos flavus), Mato Grosso, Brazil. Issue 1 (1st January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dell'Armelina Rocha, Paulo Ricardo; Velasco-Villa, Andres; de Lima, Ernani Machado; Salomoni, Angela; Fusaro, Alice; da Conceição Souza, Eunice; Negreiros, Risia Lopes; Zafino, Vera Lúcia; Zamperin, Gianpiero; Leopardi, Stefania; Monne, Isabella; Benedictis, Paola De
• Is Part Of: Emerging microbes & infections. Volume 9:Issue 1(2020)
• Page Start: 851
• Page End: 854
• Publication Date: 2020-01-01
• Subjects: Rabies -- Brazil -- Cebus apella -- Potos flavus -- Chiroptera -- public health; Medical microbiology -- Periodicals; Communicable diseases -- Periodicals; Infection -- Periodicals; 616.9041
• DOI: 10.1080/22221751.2020.1759380
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2222-1751

Abstract

ABSTRACT: A second case of a novel rabies variant described once in a capuchin monkey from Mato Grosso, Brazil, was discovered in a rabid wild kinkajou from the same region, indicating a public health risk following exposure to either of the two animals.