Karin Corrêa Scheffer
Pasteur Institute
36 Papers
124 Citations
Karin Corrêa Scheffer is an academic researcher from Pasteur Institute. The author has contributed to research in topics: Rabies & Rabies virus. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 32 publications. Previous affiliations of Karin Corrêa Scheffer include University of São Paulo.
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Papers
A coronavirus detected in the vampire bat Desmodus rotundus
Paulo Eduardo Brandão,Karin Corrêa Scheffer,L. Y. B. Villarreal,Samira Maria Achkar,Rafael de Novaes Oliveira,Willian de Oliveira Fahl,Juliana Galera Castilho,Ivanete Kotait,Leonardo José Richtzenhain +8 more
TL;DR: Phylogenetic analysis of ORF1b revealed that BatCoV DR/2007 originates from a unique lineage in the archetypical group 2 coronavirus, as described for bat species elsewhere with putative importance in Public Health.
Rabies virus in insectivorous bats: implications of the diversity of the nucleoprotein and glycoprotein genes for molecular epidemiology.
Rafael de Novaes Oliveira,Sibele Pinheiro de Souza,Renata Spinelli Vaz Lobo,Juliana Galera Castilho,Carla Isabel Macedo,Pedro Carnieli,Willian de Oliveira Fahl,Samira Maria Achkar,Karin Corrêa Scheffer,Ivanete Kotait,Maria Luiza Carrieri,Paulo Eduardo Brandão +11 more
TL;DR: The genealogic analysis of N and G from 57 RABV strains revealed seven genus-specific clusters related to the insectivorous bats Myotis, Eptesicus, Nyctinomops, Molossus, Tadarida, Histiotus and Lasiurus, which constitute a novel finding for this pathogen.
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[Rabies virus in naturally infected bats in the State of São Paulo, Southeastern Brazil].
Karin Corrêa Scheffer,Maria Luiza Carrieri,Avelino Albas,Helaine Cristina Pires dos Santos,Ivanete Kotait,Fumio Honma Ito +5 more
TL;DR: Virus investigation in the different tissues and organs of bats showed that the brain and salivary glands were the most suitable sites for virus isolation.
Detection of Rabies Virus Antibodies in Brazilian Free-Ranging Wild Carnivores
Rodrigo Silva Pinto Jorge,Monicque Silva Pereira,Ronaldo Gonçalves Morato,Karin Corrêa Scheffer,Pedro Carnieli,Fernando Ferreira,Mariana Malzoni Furtado,Mariana Malzoni Furtado,Cyntia Kayo Kashivakura,Leandro Silveira,Anah Tereza de Almeida Jácomo,Edson de Souza Lima,Rogério Cunha de Paula,Joares Adenilson May-Junior +13 more
TL;DR: Results underscore the risk posed by rabies for conservation of Brazilian carnivores and the possibility of the animals acting as reservoirs for the Rabies virus.
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Serosurvey for selected viral infections in free-ranging jaguars (panthera onca) and domestic carnivores in brazilian cerrado, pantanal, and amazon
Mariana Malzoni Furtado,Mariana Malzoni Furtado,José Domingues de Ramos Filho,Karin Corrêa Scheffer,Claudio José Coelho,Paula Sônia Cruz,Cássia Yumi Ikuta,Anah Tereza de Almeida Jácomo,Grasiela Edith de Oliveira Porfírio,Leandro Silveira,Rahel Sollmann,Rahel Sollmann,Natália Mundim Tôrres,Natália Mundim Tôrres,José Soares Ferreira Neto +14 more
TL;DR: Currently FIV and FeLV do not appear to represent a health threat for jaguar populations in this area, but domestic dogs and cats in these areas should be vaccinated, and the movement of domestic animals around protected areasshould be restricted.
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