Rabies in Callithrix sp. in the urban area of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

• Published in: Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical Vol. 53; p. e20190402
• Main Authors: Moutinho, Flavio Fernando Batista, Andrade, Marcela Garcia Araújo de, Nunes, Viviane Moura Azevedo, Rubião, Eduardo Cárdenas Nogueira, Batista, Helena Beatriz de Carvalho Ruthner, Romijn, Phyllis Catharina, Cattaneo, Carlos Alberto, Oliveira, Fernando Guilherme de, Oliveira, Rafael de Novaes, Marcanth, Nairedisa, Silvestre, Leilane Gorga Gaspar Ruas, Borges, Fábio Villas Boas, Bruno, Sávio Freire
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Brazil Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT 01-01-2020; Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT)
• Subjects: Animals; Brazil; Callithrix - virology; Case Report; Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct; Lyssavirus; Phylogeny; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Primates; Rabies - diagnosis; Rabies virus - genetics; Rabies virus - immunology; Rhabdoviridae; TROPICAL MEDICINE; Urban Population; Brazil; Primates; Rhabdoviridae; Lyssavirus
• ISSN: 0037-8682; 1678-9849; 1678-9849
• DOI: 10.1590/0037-8682-0402-2019

In Brazil, rabies occurs mainly within an urban cycle, in which dogs and bats are reservoirs. This paper aims to report the occurrence of rabies in Callithrix sp. in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In June 2019 a hybrid specimen was referred for diagnosis. The Direct Fluorescent Antibody, Mouse Inoculation, and Polymerase Chain Reaction tests were positive. A phylogenetic analysis was compatible with antigenic variant 3, characteristic of Desmodus rotundus. New studies should be undertaken to elucidate the real role of callitrichids in the urban rabies cycle.