Exposure to rabies virus in a population of free-ranging capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella nigritus) in a fragmented, environmentally protected area in southeastern Brazil
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2012-07-01
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Machado, Gustavo Puglia [UNESP]
Azevedo de Paula Antunes, Joao Marcelo [UNESP]
Uieda, Wilson [UNESP]
Biondo, Alexander Welker
de Andrade Cruvinel, Tatiana Morosini
Kataoka, Ana Paula
Alves Martorelli, Luzia Fatima
de Jong, David
Gimenes Amaral, Jeanne Margareth
Lux Hoppe, Estevam Guilherme [UNESP]
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Springer Tokyo
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The aim of this study is to assess the frequency of rabies antibodies in free-ranging capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella nigritus) in a fragmented, environmentally protected, rural area of southeastern Brazil. Thirty-six free-ranging monkeys were tested by the rapid fluorescent focus inhibition test for detection of antibodies against rabies virus. Four individuals (11.11 %) had neutralizing antibody titers a parts per thousand yen0.25 IU/mL, demonstrating rabies virus exposure.
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Rabies, Capuchin monkeys, Cebus apella nigritus
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Primates. Tokyo: Springer Tokyo, v. 53, n. 3, p. 227-231, 2012.