[Isolation of rabies virus from an insectivorous bat Molossus obscurus (Geoffroy, 1805), in the State of São Paulo (author's transl)].
Rabies virus was isolated from insectivorous bat Molossus obscurus found in a semi-paralyzed condition, in broad daylight, in Campinas, São Paulo State. Suckling and adult mice inoculated intracerebrally with a 20% suspension of bat brain showed typical rabies symptoms within eight days. The mortality of inoculated mice was 100%. Negri bodies were seen in the brains of infected mice by Sellers and Fraco's methods. Rabies antigens was found in the brains of inoculated mice by fluorescent antibodies test.
D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology*; D001938:Brazil; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000382:microbiology*; D011818:Rabies / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*
Isolamento do vírus da raiva de morcego insetívoro Molossus obscurus (Geoffroy, 1805), no Estado de São Paulo.