| rabies in tamarins (callithrix jacchus) in the state of ceará, brazil, a distinct viral variant? | presently, the state of ceará reports the largest percentage of human rabies cases originated from wild animals in brazil, transmitted by the principal simian species, the tamarin (callithrix jacchus), found in various locations throughout the state, but concentrated along the coast. epidemiological studies indicated that possibly the same virus caused the deaths in humans and non-human primates. this rabies virus seem to be different from all other identified so far. | 2000 | 10998207 |
| rabies in marmosets (callithrix jacchus), ceará, brazil. | a new rabies virus variant, with no close antigenic or genetic relationship to any known rabies variants found in bats or terrestrial mammals in the americas, was identified in association with human rabies cases reported from the state of ceará, brazil, from 1991 to 1998. the marmoset, callithrix jacchus acchus, was determined to be the source of exposure. | 2001 | 11747745 |