title: Cat infected by a variant of bat rabies virus in a 29-year disease-free urban area of southern Brazil.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  After 29 years, rabies was detected in a cat in Curitiba, southern Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  The fluorescent antibody test (FAT) and mouse inoculation test (MIT) were performed on central nervous system (CNS) samples.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Direct immunofluorescence was negative, but the biological test was positive and rabies virus was characterized as variant 4 (from Tadarida brasiliensis).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Reappearance of rabies in domestic animals warns of sylvatic-aerial risk of infection and the necessity of monitoring bats in historically rabies-free areas.
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Doenças Parasitárias, Departamento de Medicina Veterinária, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR. vmorikawa@smma.curitiba.pr.gov.br
authors.forename: Vivien Midori
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Morikawa
authors.forename: Juliano
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Alexander Welker
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Biondo
authors.forename: Anaclete
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fellini
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bier
authors.forename: Marcelo Beltrão
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Molento
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D002415:Cats; D002685:Chiroptera; D019085:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D011818:Rabies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D014505:Urban Population; D014611:Vaccination / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D011819:Rabies Vaccines