Jorge Rodrigo Silva Pinto, Pereira Monicque Silva, Morato Ronaldo Gonçalves, Scheffer Karin C, Carnieli Pedro, Ferreira Fernando, Furtado Mariana Malzoni, Kashivakura Cyntia Kayo, Silveira Leandro, Jacomo Anah T A, Lima Edson Souza, de Paula Rogério Cunha, May-Junior Joares Adenílson
Centro Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Mamíferos Carnívoros-CENAP/ ICMBio, Estrada Municipal Hisaichi Takebayashi, 8600, CEP 12952-011, Atibaia-SP, Brazil.
J Wildl Dis. 2010 Oct;46(4):1310-5. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.4.1310.
Rabies virus is a pathogen of major concern in free-ranging wild carnivores in several regions of the world, but little is known about its circulation in Brazilian wild carnivores. Sera from 211 free-ranging wild carnivores, captured from 2000 to 2006 in four locations of two Brazilian biomes (Pantanal and Cerrado), were tested for rabies antibodies. Twenty-six individuals (12.3%) had neutralizing antibody titers ≥0.10 IU/ml. The four sampled locations had antibody-positive animals, suggesting that Rabies virus circulates in all of these regions. Results underscore the risk posed by rabies for conservation of Brazilian carnivores and the possibility of the animals acting as reservoirs for the Rabies virus.
狂犬病病毒是世界上几个地区自由放养的野生食肉动物主要关注的病原体，但对其在巴西野生食肉动物中的传播情况知之甚少。对2000年至2006年在巴西两个生物群落（潘塔纳尔湿地和塞拉多）的四个地点捕获的211只自由放养的野生食肉动物的血清进行了狂犬病抗体检测。26只个体（12.3%）的中和抗体滴度≥0.10 IU/ml。四个采样地点都有抗体呈阳性的动物，这表明狂犬病病毒在所有这些地区都有传播。结果强调了狂犬病对巴西食肉动物保护构成的风险，以及这些动物作为狂犬病病毒宿主的可能性。
