Detection of rabies virus antibodies in brazilian free-ranging wild carnivores

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1310-1315

  Jorge, Rodrigo Silva Pinto ^a,b,c,d   Pereira, Monicque Silva ^a   Morato, Ronaldo Gonçalves ^a,d,e   Scheffer, Karin C ^f   Carnieli Jr , Pedro ^f   Ferreira, Fernando ^b   Furtado, Mariana Malzoni ^b,g   Kashivakura, Cyntia Kayo ^g   Silveira, Leandro ^g   Jacomo, Anah T A ^g   Lima, Edson Souza ^d   De Paula, Rogério Cunha ^a,e   May Junior, Joares Adenílson ^b,e  

^a Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade ICMBIO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Brasileiro de Medicina da Conservação Tríade   (Brazil)

^d Projeto Speothos   (Brazil)

^e Instituto Pró Carnívoros   (Brazil)

^f Instituto Pasteur de Sao Paulo   (Brazil)

^g Jaguar Conservation Fund   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Conservation; Freeranging wild carnivores; Public health; Rabies; Serology

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 78149236357     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-46.4.1310     Document Type: Article

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