Isolation of rabies virus from the parotid salivary glands of foxes (Pseudalopex vetulus) from Paraíba State, Northeastern Brazil;Isolamento de vírus rábico de glândulas salivares parótidas de raposas (Pseudalopex vetulus) do Estado da Paraíba, Nordeste do Brasil

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 446-449

  Silva, Maria Luana Cristiny Rodrigues ^a   Lima, Fabiano da Silva ^a   Gomes, Albério Antônio de Barros ^a   de Azevedo, Sérgio Santos ^a   Alves, Clebert José ^a   Bernardi, Fernanda ^b   Ito, Fumio Honma ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINA GRANDE   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Vigilância Sanitária e Controle de Zoonoses 'Tereza Rodrigues de Camargo'   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fox; Isolation; Para ba State; Parotid gland; Rabies virus

Indexed keywords

CANIDAE; PSEUDALOPEX VETULUS; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 70349498976     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822009000300004     Document Type: Article

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