Serological investigation of rabies virus neutralizing antibodies in bats captured in the eastern Brazilian Amazon

dc.contributor.authorCosta, Lanna J. C.
dc.contributor.authorAndrade, Fernanda A. G.
dc.contributor.authorUieda, Wilson [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorMartorelli, Luzia F. A.
dc.contributor.authorKataoka, Ana P. A. G.
dc.contributor.authorFernandes, Marcus E. B.
dc.contributor.institutionFed Univ Para
dc.contributor.institutionInst Fed Educ Ciencias & Tecnol
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.institutionCtr Controle Zoonoses
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-03T13:07:07Z
dc.date.available2014-12-03T13:07:07Z
dc.date.issued2013-11-01
dc.description.abstractBackground: In 2004 and 2005 a total of 38 cases of human rabies transmitted by the hematophagous bat Desmodus rotundus were registered in the Brazilian state of Para;23 (60.5%) cases occurred in the northeastern region. Because of this, a serological investigation for the antibodies of rabies virus was performed in municipalities of the northeastern state of Para, in order to assess whether the virus was circulating among different bat species.Methods: Bats were collected in 2009 with mist-nets during the rainy and dry seasons and blood samples were collected for the serological survey.Results: A total of 307 serum samples were obtained representing 28 bat species. The number of seropositives was high (50.8%, 156/307) and was significantly higher during the rainy season (67.4%, 95/141). No significant difference in rates was found between male and female or adult and juvenile. Seropositive individuals were recorded in 24 species sampled, the most prominent being Artibeus planirostris, with 52.2% (24/46) positive individuals.Conclusion: The serological proportion reported in this paper in a large numbers of individuals indicates that the rabies virus circulates quite actively in the study region, but, because of the production of antibodies, the expression of the disease in these individuals is low.en
dc.description.affiliationFed Univ Para, Inst Estudos Costeiros, Lab Ecol Manguezal, BR-66059 Belem, Para, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationInst Fed Educ Ciencias & Tecnol, Belem, Para, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUniv Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias, Dept Zool, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationCtr Controle Zoonoses, Setor Diagnost Raiva, Lab Diagnost Zoonoses & Doencas Transmitidas Veto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespUniv Estadual Paulista, Inst Biociencias, Dept Zool, Sao Paulo, Brazil
dc.description.sponsorshipFundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)
dc.description.sponsorshipIdFAPESP: 03/2008
dc.format.extent684-689
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/trstmh/trt080
dc.identifier.citationTransactions Of The Royal Society Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene. Oxford: Oxford Univ Press, v. 107, n. 11, p. 684-689, 2013.
dc.identifier.doi10.1093/trstmh/trt080
dc.identifier.issn0035-9203
dc.identifier.lattes6355047551320958
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/111266
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000327460900003
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherOxford University Press
dc.relation.ispartofTransactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
dc.relation.ispartofjcr2.820
dc.relation.ispartofsjr1,174
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dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectAntibodiesen
dc.subjectBatsen
dc.subjectRabiesen
dc.subjectSerologyen
dc.subjectBrazilian Amazonen
dc.titleSerological investigation of rabies virus neutralizing antibodies in bats captured in the eastern Brazilian Amazonen
dc.typeArtigo
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dcterms.rightsHolderOxford Univ Press
unesp.author.lattes6355047551320958
unesp.campusUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp), Instituto de Biociências, Botucatupt

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