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| Carrieri, M. L.; Achkar, S. M.; Castilho, J. G.; Oliveira, R. N.; Carnieli Jr, P.; Macedo, C. I.; Omoto, T. M.; Takaoka, N. Y.; Kotait, I.. |
| The São Paulo State Rabies Control Program, coordinated by the Pasteur Institute of São Paulo, has been involved in endeavors to improve the epidemiological surveillance of rabies in dogs, cats and bats, particularly in urban areas. Since 1998, when the last case of canine rabies due to antigenic variant 2 occurred in the state, the Institute has received 66,352 canine central nervous system samples, 17,796 samples from cats and 38,133 from bat specimens. Using conventional techniques for rabies diagnosis, 11 dogs, 8 cats and 554 bats were found to be positive for this disease. When molecular techniques, such as antigenic typing and genetic sequencing, were used, antigenic variant 3, which is associated with Desmodus rotundus, was detected in 11 dogs and 7... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
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| Ano: 2013 |
URL: http://www.revistamvez-crmvsp.com.br/index.php/recmvz/article/view/2566 |
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