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Use Of A Direct, Rapid Immunohistochemical Test For Diagnosis Of Rabies Virus In Bats, Charles E. Rupprecht, Lolita Van Pelt, April D. Davis, Richard B. Chipman, David L. Bergman Feb 2022

Use Of A Direct, Rapid Immunohistochemical Test For Diagnosis Of Rabies Virus In Bats, Charles E. Rupprecht, Lolita Van Pelt, April D. Davis, Richard B. Chipman, David L. Bergman

USDA Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Rabies, a zoonotic encephalitis due to transmission of a lyssavirus, such as rabies virus (RABV), has the highest case fatality of any infectious disease. A global program for the elimination of human rabies caused by dogs is proposed for realization by 2030. Sensitive, specific, and inexpensive diagnostic tests are necessary for enhanced surveillance to detect infection, inform public health and veterinary professionals during risk assessments of exposure, and support overall programmatic goals. Multiple laboratory techniques are used to confirm a suspect case of rabies. One method for the detection of lyssavirus antigens within the brain is the direct rapid immunohistochemical …


Safety, Immunogenicity, And Efficacy Of Intramuscular And Oral Delivery Of Era-G333 Recombinant Rabies Virus Vaccine To Big Brown Bats (Eptesicus Fuscus), Amy T. Gilbert, Xianfu Wu, Felix R. Jackson, Richard Franka, Gary F. Mccracken, Charles E. Rupprecht Jan 2020

Safety, Immunogenicity, And Efficacy Of Intramuscular And Oral Delivery Of Era-G333 Recombinant Rabies Virus Vaccine To Big Brown Bats (Eptesicus Fuscus), Amy T. Gilbert, Xianfu Wu, Felix R. Jackson, Richard Franka, Gary F. Mccracken, Charles E. Rupprecht

USDA Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Attenuated strains of rabies virus (RABV) have been used for oral vaccination of wild carnivores in Europe and North America. However, some RABV vaccines caused clinical rabies in target animals. To improve the safety of attenuated RABV as an oral vaccine for field use, strategies using selection of escape mutants under monoclonal antibody neutralization pressure and reverse genetics–defined mutations have been used. We tested the safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy of one RABV construct, ERA-g333, developed with reverse genetics by intramuscular (IM) or oral (PO) routes in big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus). Twenty-five bats received 5×106 mouse intracerebral …


Arcuate Npy Controls Sympathetic Output And Bat Function Via A Relay Of Tyrosine Hydroxylase Neurons In The Pvn, Yan-Chuan Shi, Jackie Lau, Zhou Lin, Hui Zhang, Lei Zhai, Guenther Sperk, Regine Heilbronn, Mario Mietzsch, Stefan Weger, Xu-Feng Huang, Ronaldo F. Enriquez, Lesley Castillo, Paul A. Baldock, Lei Zhang, Amanda Sainsbury, Herbert Herzog, Shu Lin Jun 2016

Arcuate Npy Controls Sympathetic Output And Bat Function Via A Relay Of Tyrosine Hydroxylase Neurons In The Pvn, Yan-Chuan Shi, Jackie Lau, Zhou Lin, Hui Zhang, Lei Zhai, Guenther Sperk, Regine Heilbronn, Mario Mietzsch, Stefan Weger, Xu-Feng Huang, Ronaldo F. Enriquez, Lesley Castillo, Paul A. Baldock, Lei Zhang, Amanda Sainsbury, Herbert Herzog, Shu Lin

Xu-Feng Huang

Neuropepetide Y (NPY) is best known for its powerful stimulation of food intake and its effects on reducing energy expenditure. However, the pathways involved and the regulatory mechanisms behind this are not well understood. Here we demonstrate that NPY derived from the arcuate nucleus (Arc) is critical for the control of sympathetic outflow and brown adipose tissue (BAT) function. Mechanistically, a key change induced by Arc NPY signaling is a marked Y1 receptor-mediated reduction in tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) expression in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN), which is also associated with a reduction in TH expression in the locus coeruleus (LC) …


Arcuate Npy Controls Sympathetic Output And Bat Function Via A Relay Of Tyrosine Hydroxylase Neurons In The Pvn, Yan-Chuan Shi, Jackie Lau, Zhou Lin, Hui Zhang, Lei Zhai, Guenther Sperk, Regine Heilbronn, Mario Mietzsch, Stefan Weger, Xu-Feng Huang, Ronaldo F. Enriquez, Lesley Castillo, Paul A. Baldock, Lei Zhang, Amanda Sainsbury, Herbert Herzog, Shu Lin Jun 2016

Arcuate Npy Controls Sympathetic Output And Bat Function Via A Relay Of Tyrosine Hydroxylase Neurons In The Pvn, Yan-Chuan Shi, Jackie Lau, Zhou Lin, Hui Zhang, Lei Zhai, Guenther Sperk, Regine Heilbronn, Mario Mietzsch, Stefan Weger, Xu-Feng Huang, Ronaldo F. Enriquez, Lesley Castillo, Paul A. Baldock, Lei Zhang, Amanda Sainsbury, Herbert Herzog, Shu Lin

Xu-Feng Huang

Neuropepetide Y (NPY) is best known for its powerful stimulation of food intake and its effects on reducing energy expenditure. However, the pathways involved and the regulatory mechanisms behind this are not well understood. Here we demonstrate that NPY derived from the arcuate nucleus (Arc) is critical for the control of sympathetic outflow and brown adipose tissue (BAT) function. Mechanistically, a key change induced by Arc NPY signaling is a marked Y1 receptor-mediated reduction in tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) expression in the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus (PVN), which is also associated with a reduction in TH expression in the locus coeruleus (LC) …


Cross Sectional Survey Of Human-Bat Interaction In Australia: Public Health Implications, Beverley J. Paterson, Michelle T. Butler, Keith Eastwood, Patrick M. Cashman, Alison Jones, David N. Durrheim Jan 2014

Cross Sectional Survey Of Human-Bat Interaction In Australia: Public Health Implications, Beverley J. Paterson, Michelle T. Butler, Keith Eastwood, Patrick M. Cashman, Alison Jones, David N. Durrheim

Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A

Background Flying foxes (megachiroptera) and insectivorous microbats (microchiroptera) are the known reservoirs for a range of recently emerged, highly pathogenic viruses. In Australia there is public health concern relating to bats' role as reservoirs of Australian Bat Lyssavirus (ABLV), which has clinical features identical to classical rabies. Three deaths from ABLV have occurred in Australia. A survey was conducted to determine the frequency of bat exposures amongst adults in Australia's most populous state, New South Wales; explore reasons for handling bats; examine reported practices upon encountering injured or trapped bats or experiencing bat bites or scratches; and investigate knowledge of …


The Epidemiology Of Human Rabies Postexposure Prophylaxis In Virginia, 2002 And 2003, Marilyn Goss Haskell Mar 2011

The Epidemiology Of Human Rabies Postexposure Prophylaxis In Virginia, 2002 And 2003, Marilyn Goss Haskell

Theses and Dissertations

Objective: To describe a sample that received human rabies postexposure prophylaxis (PEP) in Virginia as a result of animal exposures in 2002 and 2003 and to determine the extent to which PEP decisions were appropriate.Methods: PEP surveillance data were requested from 35 Virginia health districts within 5 regions. Retrospective chart review was used to gather demographic, exposure and source animal data from patient records and animal exposure reports. Descriptive statistics are presented. True exposures and appropriateness of PEP were defined using the 2004 Virginia Rabies Control Guidelines and the Recommendations of the 1999 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. The 2003 …


Hibernacula Microclimate And White-Nose Syndrome Susceptibility In The Little Brown Myotis (Myotis Lucifugus), Laura Grieneisen Jan 2011

Hibernacula Microclimate And White-Nose Syndrome Susceptibility In The Little Brown Myotis (Myotis Lucifugus), Laura Grieneisen

Master’s Theses

The objective of this project was to determine the relationship between hibernacula microclimate and White-nose Syndrome (WNS), an emerging infectious disease in bats. Microclimate was examined on a species scale and at the level of the individual bat to determine if there was a difference in microclimate preference between healthy and WNS-affected little brown myotis (Myotis lucifugus) and to determine the role of microclimate in disease progression. There is anecdotal evidence that colder, drier hibernacula are less affected by WNS. This was tested by placing rugged temperature and humidity dataloggers in field sites throughout the eastern USA, experimentally determining the …


Intravenous Inoculation Of Silver-Haired Bat Rabies Virus, But Not Of A Canine Strain, Elicits Lethal Encephalophathy In Mice By Fast Brain Invasion Via Neurosecretory Hypothalamic Fibers, Mirjam Ar Preuss, Marie-Luise Faber, Gene S. Tan, Bernhard Dietzschold, Matthias J. Schnell, Eberhard Weihe Sep 2008

Intravenous Inoculation Of Silver-Haired Bat Rabies Virus, But Not Of A Canine Strain, Elicits Lethal Encephalophathy In Mice By Fast Brain Invasion Via Neurosecretory Hypothalamic Fibers, Mirjam Ar Preuss, Marie-Luise Faber, Gene S. Tan, Bernhard Dietzschold, Matthias J. Schnell, Eberhard Weihe

Department of Microbiology and Immunology Faculty Papers

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Multicentric Malignant Lymphoma In A Pallid Bat, Claire B. Andreasen, Julie R. Dulmstra Jul 1996

Multicentric Malignant Lymphoma In A Pallid Bat, Claire B. Andreasen, Julie R. Dulmstra

Claire B. Andreasen

A 2.5-year-old, female pallid bat (Antrozous pallidus) was captured in Oregon (USA) in 1990 and later died in 1992. At the time of death, abdominal distension due to ascites, splenomegaly, and hepatomegaly, and a cheek mass were noted. Based on histologic examination of these tissues, a diagnosis of multicentric lymphoma was made. Retroviral particles were not found on electron microscopic examination.