Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical | |
Rabies diagnosis and serology in bats from the State of São Paulo, Brazil | |
Amatuzzi, Elizabeth1  Oliveira, Maria Lucia de1  Sodré, Miriam Martos1  Rosa, Adriana Ruckert da1  Almeida, Marilene Fernandes de1  Prefeitura da Cidade de São Paulo, São Paulo1  Martorelli, Luzia Fátima Alves1  Kataoka, Ana Paula Arruda Geraldes1  | |
关键词: Rabies; Chiropteran; Diagnostic; Seroprevalence; Brazil; | |
DOI : 10.1590/S0037-86822011005000011 | |
学科分类:农业科学(综合) | |
来源: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical | |
【 摘 要 】
INTRODUCTION: Bats are one of the most important reservoirs and vectors of the rabies virus in the world.METHODS: From 1988 to 2003, the Zoonosis Control Center in São Paulo City performed rabies diagnosis on 5,670 bats by direct immunofluorescent test and mouse inoculation test. Blood samples were collected from 1,618 bats and the sera were analyzed using the rapid fluorescent focus inhibition test to confirm rabies antibodies.RESULTS: Forty-four (0.8%) bats were positive for rabies. The prevalence of rabies antibodies was 5.9% using 0.5IU/ml as a cutoff. Insectivorous bats (69.8%) and bats of the species Molossus molossus (51.8%) constituted the majority of the sample; however, the highest prevalence of antibodies were observed in Glossophaga soricina (14/133), Histiotus velatus (16/60), Desmodus rotundus (8/66), Artibeus lituratus (5/54), Nyctinomops macrotis (3/23), Tadarida brasiliensis (3/48), Carollia perspicillata (3/9), Eumops auripendulus (2/30), Nyctinomops laticaudatus (2/16), Sturnira lilium (2/17) and Eumops perotis (1/13). The prevalence of rabies antibodies was analyzed by species, food preference and sex.CONCLUSIONS: The expressive levels of antibodies associated with the low virus positivity verified in these bats indicate that rabies virus circulates actively among them.
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