Hematologic profile of hematophagous Desmodus rotundus bats before and after experimental infection with rabies virus.

Introduction: Hematophagous Desmodus rotundus bats play an important role in the rabies lifecycle. This study describes the hematological profile of these bats before and after experimental infection with rabies virus.

Methods: Cells counts were performed in a Neubauer chamber.

Experimental infection of the bat tick Carios fonsecai (Acari: Ixodidae) with the rabies virus.

Introduction: This study assessed the viability of the rabies virus in the argasid tick Carios fonsecai following experimental infection.

Methods: The mouse inoculation test (MIT), fluorescent antibody test (FAT) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) were used. The rabies virus was administered to ticks via the intra-coelomic route, and the ticks were sacrificed at different time points.

Detection of hantavirus in bats from remaining rain forest in São Paulo, Brazil.

Background: The significant biodiversity found in Brazil is a potential for the emergence of new zoonoses. Study in some places of the world suggest of the presence to hantavirus in tissues of bats. Researches of hantavirus in wildlife, out rodents, are very scarce in Brazil.