Identification of New Rabies Virus Variant in Mexican Immigrant

Details

• 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:
  • Dispatch
  • Animals
  • Autopsy
  • Brain
  • Chiroptera
  • Emigrants And Immigrants
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Phylogeny
  • Rna, Viral
  More +
• 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
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/3210/cdc_3210_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 204.94 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:9af86b893f4b99337172b918ff9fd7d4de30e8149bf3bccc43b99559fe50b74c212e71e1f50d2832f7688eab14d4506f6002c454639e1bb707f8c213b3da1849