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Risk for rabies transmission from encounters with bats, Colorado, 1977-1996.
To assess the risk for rabies transmission to humans by bats, we analyzed the prevalence of rabies in bats that encountered humans from 1977 to 1996 and characterized the bat-human encounters. Rabies was diagnosed in 685 (15%) of 4,470 bats tested. The prevalence of rabies in bats that bit humans wa...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2640787/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10341181 |
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author | Pape, W J Fitzsimmons, T D Hoffman, R E |
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description | To assess the risk for rabies transmission to humans by bats, we analyzed the prevalence of rabies in bats that encountered humans from 1977 to 1996 and characterized the bat-human encounters. Rabies was diagnosed in 685 (15%) of 4,470 bats tested. The prevalence of rabies in bats that bit humans was 2.1 times higher than in bats that did not bite humans. At least a third of the encounters were preventable. |
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spelling | pubmed-26407872009-05-20 Risk for rabies transmission from encounters with bats, Colorado, 1977-1996. Pape, W J Fitzsimmons, T D Hoffman, R E Emerg Infect Dis Research Article To assess the risk for rabies transmission to humans by bats, we analyzed the prevalence of rabies in bats that encountered humans from 1977 to 1996 and characterized the bat-human encounters. Rabies was diagnosed in 685 (15%) of 4,470 bats tested. The prevalence of rabies in bats that bit humans was 2.1 times higher than in bats that did not bite humans. At least a third of the encounters were preventable. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 1999 /pmc/articles/PMC2640787/ /pubmed/10341181 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Pape, W J Fitzsimmons, T D Hoffman, R E Risk for rabies transmission from encounters with bats, Colorado, 1977-1996. |
title | Risk for rabies transmission from encounters with bats, Colorado, 1977-1996. |
title_full | Risk for rabies transmission from encounters with bats, Colorado, 1977-1996. |
title_fullStr | Risk for rabies transmission from encounters with bats, Colorado, 1977-1996. |
title_full_unstemmed | Risk for rabies transmission from encounters with bats, Colorado, 1977-1996. |
title_short | Risk for rabies transmission from encounters with bats, Colorado, 1977-1996. |
title_sort | risk for rabies transmission from encounters with bats, colorado, 1977-1996. |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2640787/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10341181 |
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