Unexpected rabies variant identified in kinkajou ( <i>Potos flavus</i> ), Mato Grosso, Brazil
P.R.D. Rocha, Andrés Velasco-Villa, Ernani Machado de Lima, Angela Salomoni, Alice Fusaro, Eunice da Conceição Souza, Rísia Lopes Negreiros, Vera Lúcia Zafino, Gianpiero Zamperin, Stefania Leopardi, Isabella Monne, Paola De Benedictis
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.
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RabiesVirologyPublic healthEnvironmental healthBiologyRabies virusGeographyMedicineNursingRabies epidemiology and controlYersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites researchVirology and Viral Diseases