title: Rabies virus maintained by dogs in humans and terrestrial wildlife, Ceará State, Brazil.
abstract: Rabies viruses circulating in Ceará, Brazil, were identified by molecular analysis to be related to variants maintained by dogs, bats, and other wildlife. Most of these viruses are associated with human rabies cases. We document the emergence of a rabies virus variant responsible for an independent epidemic cycle in the crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous).
authors.affiliation: Instituto Pasteur de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. srfavoretto@ig.com.br
authors.forename: Silvana R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Favoretto
authors.forename: Cecília C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: de Mattos
authors.forename: Nélio B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: de Morais
authors.forename: Maria Luíza
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Carrieri
authors.forename: Benedito N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Rolim
authors.forename: Lucia M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Charles E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Rupprecht
authors.forename: Edison L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Durigon
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: de Mattos
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild; D000940:Antigenic Variation / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000821:virology*; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D004285:Dogs; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009698:Nucleoproteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology*; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D009698:Nucleoproteins; D012367:RNA, Viral