title: First report of rabies infection in bats, Molossus molossus, Molossops neglectus and Myotis riparius in the city of São Paulo, State of São Paulo, southeastern Brazil.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  This paper presents the first report of rabies in three bat species, Molossus molossus, Molossops neglectus and Myotis riparius in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  Bats were diagnosed as positive for rabies using the fluorescent antibody test and mouse inoculation test. The isolates were characterized antigenically using a panel of eight monoclonal antibodies. The samples were also genetically analyzed by partial sequencing of the portion of nucleoprotein gene between positions 1157 and 1445 nt.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Analysis of the results verified that the sample isolated from the species M. molossus presented antigenic variant 6, while the other two samples showed a different profile from that established in the panel, one not previously reported in the literature. The results of genetic analysis revealed that the M. molossus sample segregated with Lasiurus sp. isolates, M. neglectus segregated with a subgroup of Eptesicus furinalis isolates and the Myotis riparius sample segregated with Myotis sp. isolates.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The cases reported in this paper emphasize the need for clarification of the circumstances in which cases of rabies in wildlife occur, principally in urban areas.
authors.affiliation: Setor de Quirópteros, Centro de Controle de Zoonoses, Prefeitura Municipal da Cidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. arosa@prefeitura.sp.gov.br
authors.forename: Adriana Ruckert da
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.forename: Ana Paula de Arruda Geraldes
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Kataoka
authors.forename: Silvana Regina
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Favoretto
authors.forename: Miriam Martos
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Sodré
authors.forename: José
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Trezza Netto
authors.forename: Angélica Cristine de Almeida
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: Edison Luiz
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Durigon
authors.forename: Luzia Fátima Alves
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Martorelli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000145:classification / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D019084:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D011818:Rabies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000235:genetics*; D014505:Urban Population