Notas sôbre a evolução do virus vacínico em animais silvestres da fauna brasileira

A note on the evolution of cow-pox virus in wild animals of Brazilian fauna. We have tried the sensibility of wild animals of Brazilian fauna to the cow-pox virus. The following specimens were submitted to experiences: Procyon cancrivorus, Hydrochoerus capybara, Cavea aperea, Coendu villosus, Didelphis aurita, Bradypus tridactylus, Euphractus sexcintus, Tamandua tetradactylus, Nasua narica, Dasyprocta aguti and Testudo tabulata. In all these animals, - excepting Bradypus tridactylus - we have obtained an infection with incubation (five days), aspect and duration similar to cow-pox of the laboratorial animals (calf and rabbit). In the Bradypus tridactylus howewer, the incubation was very long. Only after 30 days of inoculation we verified the infection with the formation of vesiculae and postulae.

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Main Author: Moreira,Cicero Alves
Format: Digital revista
Language:Portuguese
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 1956
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761956000100003
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