TY - JOUR AU - Favoretto, Silvana R. AU - de Mattos, Cecília C. AU - de Morais, Nélio B. AU - Carrieri, Maria Luíza AU - Rolim, Benedito N. AU - Silva, Lucia M. AU - Rupprecht, Charles E. AU - Durigon, Edison L. AU - de Mattos, Carlos A. T1 - Rabies Virus Maintained by Dogs in Humans and Terrestrial Wildlife, Ceará State, Brazil T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2006 VL - 12 IS - 12 SP - 1978 SN - 1080-6059 AB - Rabies viruses circulating in Ceará, Brazil, were identified by molecular analysis to be related to variants maintained by dogs, bats, and other wildlife. Most of these viruses are associated with human rabies cases. We document the emergence of a rabies virus variant responsible for an independent epidemic cycle in the crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous). KW - Rabies KW - Brazil KW - zoonosis KW - epidemiology KW - infectious diseases KW - virology KW - phylogeny KW - wildlife KW - domestic animals DO - 10.3201/eid1212.060429 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/12/06-0429_article ER - End of Reference