Retrospective study of laboratory-based surveillance of rabies in wild and domestic animals in the southern United States, 2010-2021.

Autor:	Ilha MRS; Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA, USA., Dawson KA; Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton, GA, USA., Atkinson EL; Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College, Tifton, GA, USA., Graham EA; Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA, USA., Woldemeskel MW; Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA, USA., C Mosley YY; Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA, USA., Coarsey MD; Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA, USA., Naikare HK; Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA, USA.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc [J Vet Diagn Invest] 2024 Jul; Vol. 36 (4), pp. 554-559. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 May 14.
DOI:	10.1177/10406387241247283
Abstrakt:	We performed a retrospective study of all case submissions for the rabies virus (RABV) direct fluorescent antibody test (DFAT) requested of the Tifton Veterinary Diagnostic and Investigational Laboratory (Tifton, GA, USA) between July 2010 and June 2021. Submitted were 792 samples from 23 animal species from 89 counties in Georgia, and 4 neighboring counties in Florida, 1 in South Carolina, and 1 in Alabama. In 13 (1.6%) cases, the DFAT result was inconclusive; 779 (98.4%) cases had a conclusive (positive or negative) test result. Of these 779 cases, 79 (10.1%) tested positive across 10 species. The remaining 700 (89.9%) cases were negative. The main reason for submission for RABV testing was human exposure to a potentially rabid animal in 414 (52.3%) cases. Among the 79 positive cases, 74 (93.7%) involved wildlife; raccoons (51 cases; 68.9%) were the primary host confirmed with RABV infection, followed by skunk and fox (8 cases each; 10.8%), bobcat (5 cases; 6.8%), and bats (2 cases; 2.7%). Only 5 domestic animals (6.3% of the positive cases) tested positive during our study period; one from each of the bovine, canine, caprine, equine, and feline species. Hence, the sylvatic cycle plays the predominant role in circulating RABV infection in our study area. Competing Interests: Declaration of conflicting interestsThe authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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