Circulation of vaccinia virus in southern and south-eastern wildlife, Brazil.
Pedro Starling Pereira Martins da CostaJaqueline Silva OliveiraIago José da Silva DomingosPedro Henrique Bastos E SilvaAna Gabriella Stoffella DutraCarolina Dourado AmaralJônatas Santos AbrahãoVirgínia Bodelão Richini PereiraErna Geessien KroonGalileu Barbosa CostaGiliane de Souza TrindadePublished in: Transboundary and emerging diseases (2020)
We evaluated 345 wild animals from southern and south-eastern Brazil to understand their role in vaccinia virus (VACV) transmission cycle. VACV DNA was detected in rodents, marsupials, chiroptera and cingulate, expanding the knowledge of VACV host range in wildlife that could potentially act as source of infection in rural and urban areas.