Naturally Acquired Rabies in White-Eared Opossum, Brazil
Eduardo Ferreira-Machado
1 , Juliana Amorim Conselheiro
1, Bruno Emerson Bernardes da Silva
1, Patricia Sayuri Silvestre Matsumoto
1, Claúdio Luiz Castagna
2, Aline Nitsche
2, Celino Simão de Lima
2, Douglas Presotto
2, Madelline Christie Rodrigues Nunes da Silva
2, Ticiana Brasil Ervedosa
2, Pedro Enrique Navas-Suárez
2, Ísis Paixão de Jesus
2, Julia de Carvalho
2, Rodrigo Albergaria Ressio
2, Cinthya dos Santos Cirqueira
2, Gisely Toledo Barone
2, Leila del Castillo Saad
2, Paulo Eduardo Brandão
3, José Luiz Catão-Dias
3, Juliana Mariotti Guerra
3, and Natália Coelho Couto de Azevedo Fernandes
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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 2
Figure 2. Kernel density map of concentration of Artibeus spp. bats in study of naturally acquired rabies in a white-eared opossum, Brazil. The kernel concentration layer of Artibeus is overlapped by layers of high concentration of Eptesicus, Myotis, and Tadarida spp. The opossum was found in a vegetated area with a high concentration of Artibeus spp. bats.
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