Human Rabies and Rabies in Vampire and Nonvampire Bat Species, Southeastern Peru, 2007

After a human rabies outbreak in southeastern Peru, we collected bats to estimate the prevalence of rabies in various species. Among 165 bats from 6 genera and 10 species, 10.3% were antibody positive; antibody prevalence was similar in vampire and nonvampire bats. Thus, nonvampire bats may also be...

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Autores principales: Salmón-Mulanovich, Gabriela, Vásquez, Alicia, Albújar, Christian, Guevara, Carolina, Laguna-Torres, Alberto, Salazar, Milagros, Zamalloa, Hernan, Cáceres, Marcia, Gómez-Benavides, Jorge, Pacheco, Victor, Contreras, Carlos, Kochel, Tadeusz, Niezgoda, Michael, Jackson, Felix R., Velasco-Villa, Andres, Rupprecht, Charles, Montgomery, Joel M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2009
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2815962/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19751600
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1508.081522
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Sumario:After a human rabies outbreak in southeastern Peru, we collected bats to estimate the prevalence of rabies in various species. Among 165 bats from 6 genera and 10 species, 10.3% were antibody positive; antibody prevalence was similar in vampire and nonvampire bats. Thus, nonvampire bats may also be a source for human rabies in Peru.

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