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Volume 29, Number 12—December 2023
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Naturally Acquired Rabies in White-Eared Opossum, Brazil

Eduardo Ferreira-Machado1Comments to Author , Juliana Amorim Conselheiro1, Bruno Emerson Bernardes da Silva1, Patricia Sayuri Silvestre Matsumoto1, Claúdio Luiz Castagna2, Aline Nitsche2, Celino Simão de Lima2, Douglas Presotto2, Madelline Christie Rodrigues Nunes da Silva2, Ticiana Brasil Ervedosa2, Pedro Enrique Navas-Suárez2, Ísis Paixão de Jesus2, Julia de Carvalho2, Rodrigo Albergaria Ressio2, Cinthya dos Santos Cirqueira2, Gisely Toledo Barone2, Leila del Castillo Saad2, Paulo Eduardo Brandão3, José Luiz Catão-Dias3, Juliana Mariotti Guerra3, and Natália Coelho Couto de Azevedo Fernandes3
Author affiliations: Adolfo Lutz Institute, São Paulo, Brazil (E. Ferreira-Machado, T.B. Ervedosa, P.E. Navas-Suárez, I.P. de Jesus, J. de Carvalho, R.A. Ressio, C.S. Cirqueira, J.M. Guerra, N.C.C.A. Fernandes); University of São Paulo, São Paulo (E. Ferreira-Machado, J.L. Catão-Dias, L.C. Saad, P.E. Brandão, J.M. Guerra); Laboratory of Zoonoses and Vector-borne Diseases, Zoonoses Surveillance Division, Health Surveillance Coordination, São Paulo (J.A. Conselheiro, G.T. Barone); Surveillance Unit in Zoonoses, Campinas, Brazil (B.E.B. Silva, C.L. Castagna, A. Nitsche, C.S. Lima); Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (P.S.S. Matsumoto); Bosque dos Jequitibás Zoo Department of Parks and Gardens, Municipal Secretary of Public Services, Campinas (D. Presotto, M.C.R.N. Silva)

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Figure 1

Rabies virus G gene phylogenetic tree showing specific clusters for different genera of bats in Brazil and dog-related samples in study of naturally acquired rabies in a white-eared opossum, Brazil (red text). The phylogeny was reconstructed by maximum-likelihood estimation from nucleotide sequences. Bootstrap values of >50% are depicted (1,000 bootstrap replicates). CVS corresponds to a fixed strain of the rabies virus. European bat lyssavirus-1 was used as an outgroup. The tree was visualized using iTOL version 6 (6). GenBank accession numbers are provided for reference sequences.

Figure 1. Rabies virus G gene phylogenetic tree showing specific clusters for different genera of bats in Brazil and dog-related samples in study of naturally acquired rabies in a white-eared opossum, Brazil (red text). The phylogeny was reconstructed by maximum-likelihood estimation from nucleotide sequences. Bootstrap values of >50% are depicted (1,000 bootstrap replicates). CVS corresponds to a fixed strain of the rabies virus. European bat lyssavirus-1 was used as an outgroup. The tree was visualized using iTOL version 6 (6). GenBank accession numbers are provided for reference sequences.

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1These first authors contributed equally to this article.

2These senior authors contributed equally to this article.

3These authors were co–principal investigators.

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