Isolation of rabies virus in an insectivorous bat Nyctinomops macrotis, in Southeastern Brazil

Authors

  • Estevão C. Passos Instituto Pasteur de São Paulo
  • Maria L. Carrieri Instituto Pasteur de São Paulo
  • Ester Dainovskas Prefeitura Municipal de Diadema
  • Milena Camara Prefeitura Municipal de Diadema
  • Miriam M. S. Silva Prefeitura Municipal de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101998000100011

Keywords:

Vírus da raiva^i1^sisolamento e purifica, Rabies virus^i2^sisolat, Chiroptera, Rabies

Abstract

The rabies virus was isolated from an insectivorous bat, Nyctinomops macrotis, trapped in Diadema, SP, Brazil, in a public building near a water supply reservoir. Fluorescent antibodies against rabies virus were detected in cerebral tissue and the viral isolation was made after the inoculation of cerebral tissue and salivary gland suspension in mice. There have been no recorded cases of animal rabies in Diadema since 1982, and this is the first isolation of the rabies virus in an insectivorous bat in the city.

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Published

1998-02-01

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 1 (1998)

Section

Notes and Informations

How to Cite

Passos, E. C., Carrieri, M. L., Dainovskas, E., Camara, M., & Silva, M. M. S. (1998). Isolation of rabies virus in an insectivorous bat Nyctinomops macrotis, in Southeastern Brazil . Revista De Saúde Pública, 32(1), 74-76. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101998000100011