%0 Journal Article %T Isolamento do v¨ªrus da raiva em Artibeus fimbriatus no Estado de S£¿o Paulo %A Cunha %A Elenice M Sequetin %A Lara %A Maria do Carmo C S H %A Nassar %A Alessandra Figueiredo de Castro %A Sodr¨¦ %A Miriam M %A Amaral %A Luis Fl¨¢vio Vani %J Revista de Sa¨²de P¨²blica %D 2005 %I Universidade de S?o Paulo %R 10.1590/S0034-89102005000400025 %X this is the first report of the isolation and identification of the rabies virus in the frugivorous bat artibeus fimbriatus in the city of sao jos¨¦ do rio preto, sao paulo state, brazil. the virus was isolated from an animal found in an urban area. the animal was found on the ground under a tree, still alive. diagnosis was made by direct immunofluorescence and intracerebral inoculation of mice. %K rabies virus %K isolation %K purification %K quiroptera %K rabies. %U http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0034-89102005000400025&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en