Unexpected rabies variant identified in kinkajou (Potos flavus), Mato Grosso, Brazil

Emerg Microbes Infect. 2020 Dec;9(1):851-854. doi: 10.1080/22221751.2020.1759380.

Abstract

A second case of a novel rabies variant described once in a capuchin monkey from Mato Grosso, Brazil, was discovered in a rabid wild kinkajou from the same region, indicating a public health risk following exposure to either of the two animals.

Keywords: Brazil; Cebus apella; Chiroptera; Potos flavus; Rabies; public health.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Brazil / epidemiology
  • Cebus / virology*
  • Genes, Viral
  • Phylogeny
  • Procyonidae / virology*
  • Public Health
  • Rabies / transmission*
  • Rabies virus / genetics
  • Rabies virus / isolation & purification*

Grants and funding

This work was supported by European Commission: [grant number 278433].