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Volume 24, Number 12—December 2018
Dispatch

Vaccinia Virus among Domestic Dogs and Wild Coatis, Brazil, 2013–2015

Galileu Barbosa Costa, Lara Ribeiro de Almeida, Aline Gabriele Ribeiro Cerqueira, Wander Ulisses Mesquita, Jaqueline Silva de Oliveira, Júlia Bahia Miranda, Ana Teresa Saraiva-Silva, Jônatas Santos Abrahão, Betânia Paiva Drumond, Erna Geessien Kroon, Pedro Lúcio Lithg Pereira, Danielle Ferreira de Magalhães Soares, and Giliane de Souza Trindade
Author affiliations: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil (G.B. Costa, L.R. de Almeida, A.G.R. Cerqueira, J.S. de Oliveira, J.B. Miranda, A.T. Saraiva-Silva, J.S. Abrahão, B.P. Drumond, E.G. Kroon, P.L.L. Pereira, D.F. de Magalhães Soares, G. de Souza Trindade); Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Ouro Preto, Brazil (W.U. Mesquita)

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Table 1

Associations between neutralizing antibodies against Orthopoxvirus and demographic characteristics of domestic dogs and wild coatis, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2013–2015*

Variable
No. (%)†
 No. (%) positive‡
 No. (%) negative‡
 p value
 Odds ratio (95% CI)
Domestic dogs
Year of sampling
2014 123 (66.8) 24 (19.5) 99 (80.5)
2015 61 (33.2) 11 (18.0) 50 (82.0) 1.00
Sex
F 85 (46.4) 23 (27.1) 62 (72.9) Reference
M 96 (52.5) 12 (12.5) 84 (87.5) 0.02 2.6 (1.2–5.6)
Age, y
<1 24 (13.1) 7 (29.2) 17 (70.8) Reference
2–5 82 (44.8) 16 (19.5) 66 (80.5) 0.4
6–10 41 (22.4) 3 (7.3) 38 (92.7) 0.04 5.2 (1.2–22.6)
>10 18 (9.8) 4 (22.2) 14 (87.8) 0.9
Size
Small 75 (41.0) 13 (18.8) 56 (81.2) Reference
Medium 69 (37.7) 11 (20.0) 44 (80.0) 1.00
Large 30 (16.4) 4 (14.3) 24 (85.7) 0.8
Confinement status
Always inside home 41 (22.4) 8 (19.5) 33 (80.5) Reference
Always in backyard 115 (62.8) 18 (15.6) 97 (84.3) 0.7
Home and backyard 25 (13.7) 9 (36.0) 16 (64.0) 0.2
Outdoors access†
Yes 83 (45.3) 19 (22.9) 64 (77.1) 0.3
No 98 (53.6) 16 (16.3) 82 (83.7) Reference
Access to MMP
Yes 18 (9.8) 6 (33.3) 12 (66.7) 0.2
No
 101 (55.2)
 18 (17.8)
 83 (82.2)
 Reference
Wild coatis
Year of capture
2013 57 (52.8) 12 (21.0) 34 (59.6) 0.002 14.8 (1.8–119.8)
2014 51 (47.2) 1 (1.9) 42 (82.3) Reference
Sex
F 64 (59.3) 10 (15.6) 44 (68.7) Reference
M 44 (40.7) 3 (6.8) 32 (72.7) 0.3
Age group
Juvenile, <1 y 44 (40.7) 1 (2.3) 35 (79.5) Reference
Subadult, 1–2 y 18 (16.7) 5 (27.8) 10 (55.6) 0.01 0.05 (0.006–0.5)
Adult, >2 y 46 (42.6) 7 (15.2) 31 (67.4) 0.04 5.1 (1.2–22.6)

*Totals may not add up to 100% because of missing information. Boldface indicates significance; odds ratios are shown only for significant results. MMP, Mangabeiras Municipal Park.
†Includes access beyond backyard.
‡By plaque reduction neutralization test.

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