Identification of New Rabies Virus Variant in Mexican Immigrant

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Velasco-Villa, Andres ; Messenger, Sharon L. ; Orciari, Lillian A. ; Niezgoda, Michael ; Blanton, Jesse D. ; Fukagawa, Chris ; Rupprecht, Charles E.
• Description:
  A novel rabies virus was identified after death in a man who had immigrated from Oaxaca, Mexico, to California, USA. Despite the patient's history of exposure to domestic and wild carnivores, molecular and phylogenetic characterizations suggested that the virus originated from insectivorous bats. Enhanced surveillance is needed to elucidate likely reservoirs.
• Subjects:
  Animals Autopsy Brain Chiroptera Dispatch Emigrants And Immigrants Humans Male Phylogeny Rabies Rabies Virus Rna, Viral Sequence Analysis, DNA Species Specificity

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• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 14(12):1906-1908
• Pubmed ID:
  19046517
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC2634630
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Mexico
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  14
• Issue:
  12
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:3e7dedd4229af2e420444620209b1bb0c60bc141266dfe94bce4777df017c0ac
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/3210/cdc_3210_DS1.pdf
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