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Case Reports
. 2024 Jul 29:57:e00806.
doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0029-2024. eCollection 2024.

Detection of rabies virus in Callithrix penicillata (Geoffroy, 1812) in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Milton Formiga Souza Júnior  1 , Thallyta Maria Vieira  2 , Agna Soares da Silva Menezes  1 , Maria Clara Lélis Ramos Cardoso  3 , Dulce Pimenta Gonçalves  3 , Vanessa Ferreira da Silva  3 , Gilberto Ramalho Pereira  3 , Ronnie Antunes de Assis  4
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Detection of rabies virus in Callithrix penicillata (Geoffroy, 1812) in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Milton Formiga Souza Júnior et al. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. .

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    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2025 Mar 17;58:e020002025. doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0029B-2024. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2025. PMID: 40136223 Free PMC article.

Abstract

This report describes the occurrence of the rabies virus in two species of wild animals in the urban area of Montes Claros (MOC), Minas Gerais State, Brazil, in May 2023. The virus has been detected in frugivorous chiropterans (Artibeus sp) and marmosets (Callithrix penicillata). This is the first notified case of the rabies virus in the species C. penicillata in the urban area of MOC. Our findings show that the rabies virus is circulating in the urban area of MOC; therefore, permanent preventive measures must be adopted to avoid infection of other animals and humans.

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Conflict of Interest: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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FIGURE 1:
FIGURE 1:. Patient with a presumed diagnosis of breast tuberculosis. a) Breast ultrasound showing a solid hypoechoic nodule with circumscribed margins in the left breast. b) Left breast showing abscesses, scars, and fistulas in the sixth week of treatment for breast tuberculosis. c) Left breast showing abscesses, scars, and fistulas on the third month of treatment for breast tuberculosis. d) Left breast showing clinical improvement 10 months after starting treatment.
FIGURE 2:
FIGURE 2:. Patients in the third month of treatment for bilateral mammary and lymph node tuberculosis. a) and b) Images of the breast and axillary regions with scars, fistulas, erythema, and skin thickening. c) Breast ultrasonography demonstrating a fistulous path with a collection of thick fluid intermingled in the inferolateral quadrant of the right breast. d) Breast ultrasound showing skin thickening in the left axillary region.
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