Virus isolation from saliva and salivary glands of cattle naturally infected with paralytic rabies

Delpietro, Horacio; Larghi, O. P.; Russo, R. G.

doi:10.1016/s0167-5877(00)00187-2

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“…While it appears canine species and bats are the most important vectors of zoonotic transmission to humans, cattle are likely the most significant among domesticated livestock (Odontsetseg et al 2009, World Health Organization 2004. Human cases resulting from bovine exposure were difficult to ascertain from the literature; however, rare events have been documented (Delpietro et al 2001. Close contact with infected animals is therefore the greatest risk factor for infection.…”

Section: Neurologicalmentioning

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Humans and Cattle: A Review of Bovine Zoonoses

McDaniel

Cardwell

Moeller³

et al. 2014

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

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Infectious disease prevention and control has been among the top public health objectives during the last century. However, controlling disease due to pathogens that move between animals and humans has been challenging. Such zoonotic pathogens have been responsible for the majority of new human disease threats and a number of recent international epidemics. Currently, our surveillance systems often lack the ability to monitor the human-animal interface for emergent pathogens. Identifying and ultimately addressing emergent cross-species infections will require a "One Health" approach in which resources from public veterinary, environmental, and human health function as part of an integrative system. Here we review the epidemiology of bovine zoonoses from a public health perspective.

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Section: Neurologicalmentioning

confidence: 99%

Humans and Cattle: A Review of Bovine Zoonoses

McDaniel

Cardwell

Moeller³

et al. 2014

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

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104

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“…(11) isolated rabies virus from 4.6% of salivary glands (submaxillary and parotid) and 1% of saliva of 87 naturally infected bovines.…”

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Isolation of rabies virus from the parotid salivary glands of foxes (Pseudalopex vetulus) from Paraíba State, Northeastern Brazil

Silva¹,

Lima²,

Gomes³

et al. 2009

Braz. J. Microbiol.

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To determine the presence of rabies virus in the parotid salivary glands, 12 road-killed rabies-positive hoary foxes (Pseudoalopex vetulus) were tested by using the fluorescent antibody test (FAT) and mouse inoculation test (MIT). All 12 parotid salivary glands were positive for both tests, although in some cases several passages were required. The findings of this study support the importance of the hoary fox as rabies reservoir in the sem-iarid region of Paraíba State, Northeastern Brazil.

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“…With the increasing number of rabies cases in economically important animals, veterinarians or animal owners who handle these animals are at risk of contracting the disease since, irrespective of the species they belong to, infected animals eliminate the virus in their saliva during the pre-symptomatic and symptomatic phases 3,5 .…”

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Antemortem diagnosis of human rabies in a veterinarian infected when handling a herbivore in Minas Gerais, Brazil

Brito¹,

Chamone²,

Silva

et al. 2011

Rev. Inst. Med. trop. S. Paulo

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SUMMARYThe Ministry of Health's National Human Rabies Control Program advocates pre-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for professionals involved with animals that are at risk of contracting rabies. We report an antemortem and postmortem diagnosis of rabies in a veterinarian who became infected when handling herbivores with rabies. The antemortem diagnosis was carried out with a saliva sample and a biopsy of hair follicles using molecular biology techniques, while the postmortem diagnosis used a brain sample and conventional techniques. The veterinarian had collected samples to diagnose rabies in suspect herbivores (bovines and caprines) that were subsequently confirmed to be positive in laboratory tests. After onset of classic rabies symptoms, saliva and hair follicles were collected and used for antemortem diagnostic tests and found to be positive by RT-PCR. Genetic sequencing showed that the infection was caused by variant 3 (Desmodus rotundus), a finding confirmed by tests on the brain sample. It is essential that professionals who are at risk of infection by the rabies virus undergo pre-exposure prophylaxis. This study also confirms that molecular biology techniques were used successfully for antemortem diagnosis and therefore not only allow therapeutic methods to be developed, but also enable the source of infection in human rabies cases to be identified accurately and quickly.

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Virus isolation from saliva and salivary glands of cattle naturally infected with paralytic rabies

Cited by 21 publications

References 9 publications

Humans and Cattle: A Review of Bovine Zoonoses

Humans and Cattle: A Review of Bovine Zoonoses

Isolation of rabies virus from the parotid salivary glands of foxes (Pseudalopex vetulus) from Paraíba State, Northeastern Brazil

Antemortem diagnosis of human rabies in a veterinarian infected when handling a herbivore in Minas Gerais, Brazil

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