Knowledge of Bat Rabies and Human Exposure Among United States Cavers

Gibbons, Robert V.; Holman, Robert C.; Mosberg, Stephen R.; Rupprecht, Charles E.

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Knowledge of Bat Rabies and Human Exposure Among United States Cavers

Published Date:

May 2002

Source:

Emerg Infect Dis. 8(5):532-534.

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English

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Emerg Infect Dis

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Gibbons, Robert V. ; Holman, Robert C. ; Mosberg, Stephen R. ; Rupprecht, Charles E. ;

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We surveyed cavers who attended the National Speleological Society convention in June 2000. Fifteen percent of respondents did not consider a bat bite a risk for acquiring rabies; only 20% had received preexposure prophylaxis against the disease. An under-appreciation of the risk for rabies from bat bites may explain the preponderance of human rabies viruses caused by variant strains associated with bats in the United States.

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United States

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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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