Rabies transmitted by vampire bats to humans: an emerging zoonotic disease in Latin America?
Human rabies transmitted by vampire bats reached new heights in Latin America in 2005. A total of 55 human cases were reported in several outbreaks, 41 of them in the Amazon region of Brazil. Peru and Brazil had the highest number of reported cases from 1975 to 2006. In Peru, outbreaks involving mor...
Main Authors: | Maria Cristina Schneider, Phyllis Catharina Romijn, Wilson Uieda, Hugo Tamayo, Daniela Fernandes da Silva, Albino Belotto, Jarbas Barbosa da Silva, Luis Fernando Leanes |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pan American Health Organization
2009-03-01
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Series: | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892009000300010&lng=en&tlng=en |
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