Molecular characterization of rabies virus isolated from Desmodus rotundus captured in Rio de Janeiro State

作者：Vieira L F P^*; Pereira S R F G; Brandao P E; Oliveira R N; Carnieli Junior P; Galante A C; Chicarino C N; Kotait I

来源：Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinaria e Zootecnia, 2010, 62(2): 343-349.

• rabies virus
• vampire bat
• phylogenetic

Rabies samples isolated from vampire bats captured in the Rio de Janeiro State were phylogenetically analyzed. One hundred and ninety nine vampire bats were captured from five shelters from North and Northwest of Rio de Janeiro and South of Espirito Santo States. Seven of them were positive for rabies. Theses samples were sequenced and compared with rabies virus sequences from several Brazilian states. The sequences of rabies virus, isolated in the present work, from North of Rio de Janeiro State, showed characteristics that differ of the sequences isolated from bats from other Brazilian regions. However, they were identical to samples isolated from cattle in Northwest of Rio de Janeiro state.

• 出版日期2010-4