Genetic Characterization of Rabies Viruses Isolated from Frugivorous Bat (Artibeus spp.) in Brazil

Youko SHOJI; Yuki KOBAYASHI; Go SATO; Takuya ITOU; Yasuo MIURA; Takeshi MIKAMI; Elenice M. S. CUNHA; Samir I. SAMARA; Adlorata A. B. CARVALHO; Darci P. NOCITTI; Fumio H. ITO; Ichiro KURANE; Takeo SAKAI

doi:10.1292/jvms.66.1271

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Genetic Characterization of Rabies Viruses Isolated from Frugivorous Bat (Artibeus spp.) in Brazil

Youko SHOJI, Yuki KOBAYASHI, Go SATO, Takuya ITOU, Yasuo MIURA, Takeshi MIKAMI, Elenice M. S. CUNHA, Samir I. SAMARA, Adlorata A. B. CARVALHO, Darci P. NOCITTI, Fumio H. ITO, Ichiro KURANE, Takeo SAKAI

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Youko SHOJI
Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, Nihon University School of Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University
Yuki KOBAYASHI
Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, Nihon University School of Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University
Go SATO
Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, Nihon University School of Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University
Takuya ITOU
Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, Nihon University School of Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University
Yasuo MIURA
Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, Nihon University School of Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University
Takeshi MIKAMI
Food Safety Commission, Cabinet Office Government of Japan
Elenice M. S. CUNHA
Research and Development Center for Animal Sanitation Biological Institute-São Paulo State Agency of Agribusiness (APTA)-São Paulo State Secretary of Agriculture and Supplying Biological Institute
Samir I. SAMARA
Faculty of Agrarian and Veterinary Science, UNESP
Adlorata A. B. CARVALHO
Faculty of Agrarian and Veterinary Science, UNESP
Darci P. NOCITTI
Faculty of Agrarian and Veterinary Science, UNESP
Fumio H. ITO
Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, Faculty of the Veterinary Medicine and Zootechny, University of São Paulo
Ichiro KURANE
Department of Virology 1, National Institute of Infectious Disease
Takeo SAKAI
Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Animal Health, Nihon University School of Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University

Keywords: Brazil, frugivorous bat, rabies

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2004 Volume 66 Issue 10 Pages 1271-1273

DOI https://doi.org/10.1292/jvms.66.1271

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Abstract

In Latin America, rabies cases related to frugivorous bats have been reported since 1930's. Recently, two viruses isolated from Artibeus lituratus were proved to be vampire bat variants by monoclonal antibodies panels [2], but their genetic information is not well known. In this report, four rabies viruses were isolated from frugivorous bats (Artibeus spp.) in Brazil and their nucleoprotein gene sequences were determined. These isolates were found to be genotype 1 of lyssavirus and showed the maximum nucleotide sequence homology of 97.6-99.4% with vampire bat-related viruses in Brazil [6]. These results indicate that the Brazilian frugivorous bat rabies viruses in this study are closely related to vampire bat-related viruses that play a main role in rabies virus transmission to livestock in Brazil.

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