Vaccinia Virus among Domestic Dogs and Wild Coatis, Brazil, 2013-2015

Emerg Infect Dis. 2018 Dec;24(12):2338-2342. doi: 10.3201/eid2412.171584.

Abstract

To determine their potential role as a source of human infection, we tested domestic dogs (urban) and wild coatis (wild) in Brazil for vaccinia virus. Our findings of positive neutralizing antibodies and quantitative PCR results for 35/184 dogs and 13/90 coatis highlight a potential public health risk.

Keywords: Brazil; Orthopoxvirus; emerging virus; public health; urban domestic dogs; vaccinia virus; viruses; wild coatis; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animal Diseases / diagnosis
  • Animal Diseases / epidemiology*
  • Animal Diseases / virology*
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Neutralizing
  • Antibodies, Viral
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • DNA, Viral
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Dogs
  • Neutralization Tests
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Procyonidae
  • Vaccinia / veterinary*
  • Vaccinia virus

Substances

  • Antibodies, Neutralizing
  • Antibodies, Viral
  • DNA, Viral