Rabies virus in white-nosed coatis (Nasua narica) in Mexico: what do we know so far?
Por:
Puebla-Rodriguez, Paola, Almazan-Marin, Cenia, Garces-Ayala, Fabiola, Rendon-Franco, Emilio, Chavez-Lopez, Susana, Gomez-Sierra, Mauricio, Sandoval-Borja, Albert, Martinez-Solis, David, Escamilla-Rios, Beatriz, Sauri-Gonzalez, Isaias, Alonzo-Gongora, Adriana, Lopez-Martinez, Irma, Arechiga-Ceballos, Nidia
Publicada:
9 may 2023
Categoría:
Veterinary (miscellaneous)
Resumen:
Rabies is a neglected disease that affects all mammals. To determine the
appropriate sanitary measures, the schedule of preventive medicine
campaigns requires the proper identification of the variants of the
virus circulating in the outbreaks, the species involved, and the
interspecific and intraspecific virus movements. Urban rabies has been
eradicated in developed countries and is being eradicated in some
developing countries. In Europe and North America, oral vaccination
programs for wildlife have been successful, whereas in Latin America,
Asia, and Africa, rabies remains a public health problem due to the
habitation of a wide variety of wild animal species that can act as
rabies virus reservoirs in their environment. After obtaining
recognition from the WHO/PAHO as the first country to eliminate human
rabies transmitted by dogs, Mexico faces a new challenge: the control of
rabies transmitted by wildlife to humans and domestic animals. In recent
years, rabies outbreaks in the white-nosed coati (Nasua narica) have
been detected, and it is suspected that the species plays a significant
role in maintaining the wild cycle of rabies in the southeast of Mexico.
In this study, we discussed cases of rabies in white-nosed coatis that
were diagnosed at InDRE (in English: Institute of Epidemiological
Diagnosis and Reference; in Spanish: Instituto de Diagnostico y
Referencia Epidemiologicos) from 1993 to 2022. This study aimed to
determine whether white-nosed coatis might be an emergent rabies
reservoir in the country. A total of 13 samples were registered in the
database from the Rabies laboratories of Estado de Mexico (n = 1),
Jalisco (n = 1), Quintana Roo (n = 5), Sonora (n = 1), and Yucatan (n =
5). Samples from 1993 to 2002 from Estado de Mexico, Jalisco, and Sonora
were not characterized because we no longer had any samples available.
Nine samples were antigenically and genetically characterized. To date,
coatis have not been considered important vectors of the rabies virus.
The results from our research indicate that the surveillance of the
rabies virus in coatis should be relevant to prevent human cases
transmitted by this species.
Filiaciones:
Puebla-Rodriguez, Paola:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Fac Med Vet & Zootecnia, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Secretaria Salud, Dept Virol, Inst Diagnost & Referencia Epidemiol, Lab Rabia, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Almazan-Marin, Cenia:
Secretaria Salud, Dept Virol, Inst Diagnost & Referencia Epidemiol, Lab Rabia, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Garces-Ayala, Fabiola:
Secretaria Salud, Dept Virol, Inst Diagnost & Referencia Epidemiol, Lab Rabia, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Rendon-Franco, Emilio:
Univ Autonoma Metropolitana, Dept Prod Agr & Anim, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Chavez-Lopez, Susana:
Secretaria Salud, Dept Virol, Inst Diagnost & Referencia Epidemiol, Lab Rabia, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Gomez-Sierra, Mauricio:
Secretaria Salud, Dept Virol, Inst Diagnost & Referencia Epidemiol, Lab Rabia, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Sandoval-Borja, Albert:
Secretaria Salud, Dept Virol, Inst Diagnost & Referencia Epidemiol, Lab Rabia, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Martinez-Solis, David:
Secretaria Salud, Dept Virol, Inst Diagnost & Referencia Epidemiol, Lab Rabia, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Escamilla-Rios, Beatriz:
Secretaria Salud, Dept Virol, Inst Diagnost & Referencia Epidemiol, Lab Rabia, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Sauri-Gonzalez, Isaias:
Lab Cent Reg Merida, Com Estatal Fomento & Protecc Pecuaria Estado Yuca, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Alonzo-Gongora, Adriana:
Lab Cent Reg Merida, Com Estatal Fomento & Protecc Pecuaria Estado Yuca, Merida, Yucatan, Mexico
Lopez-Martinez, Irma:
Secretaria Salud, Dept Virol, Inst Diagnost & Referencia Epidemiol, Lab Rabia, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
Arechiga-Ceballos, Nidia:
Secretaria Salud, Dept Virol, Inst Diagnost & Referencia Epidemiol, Lab Rabia, Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
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