Emerging Infectious Diseases (Dec 2018)

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,
  • Giliane de Souza Trindade

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2412.171584
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 12
pp. 2338 – 2342

Abstract

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To determine their potential role as a source of human infection, we tested domestic dogs (urban) and wild coatis (wild) in Brazil for vaccinia virus. Our findings of positive neutralizing antibodies and quantitative PCR results for 35/184 dogs and 13/90 coatis highlight a potential public health risk.

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