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

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  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.
• Description:
  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.
• Subjects:
  Animals Antibodies, Viral Chiroptera Communicable Diseases, Emerging Disease Outbreaks Disease Reservoirs Disease Vectors Female Humans Male Rabies Seroepidemiologic Studies Species Specificity

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 15(8):1308-1311.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Peru
• Volume:
  15
• Issue:
  8
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4124fa7cd2fdfda523e44860d272727dda010769bc2c7f273146054095f2f1d6
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/17480/cdc_17480_DS1.pdf
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