First Case of Human Rabies in Chile Caused by an Insectivorous Bat Virus Variant

Favi, Myriam; de Mattos, Carlos A.; Yung, Verónica; Chala, Evelyn; López, Luis R.; de Mattos, Cecilia C.

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First Case of Human Rabies in Chile Caused by an Insectivorous Bat Virus Variant

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Jan 2002
By Favi, Myriam ; de Mattos, Carlos A. ; Yung, Verónica ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
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Favi, Myriam ; de Mattos, Carlos A. ; Yung, Verónica ; Chala, Evelyn ; López, Luis R. ; de Mattos, Cecilia C.
Description:

The first human rabies case in Chile since 1972 occurred in March 1996 in a patient without history of known exposure. Antigenic and genetic characterization of the rabies isolate indicated that its reservoir was the insectivorous bat Tadarida brasiliensis. This is the first human rabies case caused by an insectivorous bat rabies virus variant reported in Latin America.
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Animals Antigenic Variation Brain Child Chiroptera Diagnosis, Differential Disease Reservoirs Fatal Outcome Genetic Variation Humans Insectivora Male Mice Phylogeny Polymerase Chain Reaction Rabies Rabies Virus Zoonoses
Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 8(1):79-81.
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Journal Article
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Dispatch
Place as Subject:

Chile
Volume:

8
Issue:

1
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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