The Epidemiological Importance of Bats in the Transmission of Rabies to Dogs and Cats in the State of São Paulo, Brazil, Between 2005 and 2014.

Autor: Castilho JG; Pasteur Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., de Souza DN; Pasteur Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., Oliveira RN; Pasteur Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., Carnieli P Jr; Pasteur Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., Batista HBCR; Pasteur Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., Pereira PMC; Pasteur Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., Achkar SM; Pasteur Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil., Macedo CI; Pasteur Institute, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Zoonoses and public health [Zoonoses Public Health] 2017 Sep; Vol. 64 (6), pp. 423-430. Date of Electronic Publication: 2016 Nov 12.
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12320
Abstrakt: In Brazil, rabies control in dogs and cats was pioneered by the state of São Paulo with the adoption of the Pan American Health Organization recommendations for prophylaxis and control, which led to a reduction in rabies cases from 1994 onwards. As a result of these measures, the rabies virus (RABV) genetic lineage associated with dogs has not been found in the state since 1998, and all the cases in domestic animals reported since then have been caused by bat-associated lineages of RABV. In the light of this, this study sought to investigate rabies cases in dogs and cats in the state of São Paulo between 2005 and 2014 and identify the associated transmission cycles by characterizing the RABV lineages responsible for these cases. Nine samples from dogs (n = 5) and from cats (n = 4) were collected between 2005 and 2014. The tenth animal, a rabid cat, was analysed by a different laboratory. The N gene nucleotide sequences obtained were analysed with the neighbor-joining algorithm and Kimura 2-parameter model using the MEGA 6 program. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that the genetic lineages identified in all the samples were those circulating in Brazilian bats. The findings of this study demonstrate that bats play an important role in the transmission of rabies to domestic animals in São Paulo state and that emphasis should be placed on the implementation of public policies to support surveillance of chiropterans for rabies.
(© 2016 Blackwell Verlag GmbH.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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