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Exposure to rabies virus in a population of free-ranging capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella nigritus) in a fragmented, environmentally protected area in southeastern Brazil

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The aim of this study is to assess the frequency of rabies antibodies in free-ranging capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella nigritus) in a fragmented, environmentally protected, rural area of southeastern Brazil. Thirty-six free-ranging monkeys were tested by the rapid fluorescent focus inhibition test for detection of antibodies against rabies virus. Four individuals (11.11 %) had neutralizing antibody titers ≥0.25 IU/mL, demonstrating rabies virus exposure.

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This work was supported by Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo-FAPESP (2000/08944-8).

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  1. Department of Veterinary Hygiene and Public Health, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, São Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, SP, 18618-000, Brazil

    Gustavo Puglia Machado, João Marcelo Azevedo de Paula Antunes & Jane Megid

  2. Department of Veterinary Medicine, Federal University of Paraná, UFPR, Curitiba, 80035-050, Brazil

    Alexander Welker Biondo

  3. University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 61802, USA

    Alexander Welker Biondo

  4. Department of Clinical Pathology and Microbiology, UNIRP-Centro Universitário de Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto, SP, 15025-540, Brazil

    Tatiana Morosini de Andrade Cruvinel

  5. CCZ-Zoonosis Control Center, State Reference Laboratory for Rabies Diagnosis, São Paulo, 01221-010, Brazil

    Ana Paula Kataoka & Luzia Fátima Alves Martorelli

  6. Department of Zoology, Biosciences Institute, São Paulo State University, UNESP, Botucatu, SP, 18618-970, Brazil

    Wilson Uieda

  7. Department of Genetics, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

    David de Jong & Jeanne Margareth Gimenes Amaral

  8. Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, São Paulo State University, UNESP, Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil

    Estevam Guilherme Lux Hoppe

  9. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil

    Guilherme Guerra Neto

  10. Departamento de Higiene Veterinária e Saúde Pública, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia (FMVZ), Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Distrito de Rubião Júnior s/n, Botucatu, SP, 18618-970, Brazil

    Jane Megid

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Machado, G.P., de Paula Antunes, J.M.A., Uieda, W. et al. Exposure to rabies virus in a population of free-ranging capuchin monkeys (Cebus apella nigritus) in a fragmented, environmentally protected area in southeastern Brazil. Primates 53, 227–231 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10329-012-0306-6

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