Bat-transmitted Human Rabies Outbreaks, Brazilian Amazon

Bat-transmitted Human Rabies Outbreaks, Brazilian Amazon

We describe 2 bat-transmitted outbreaks in remote, rural areas of Portel and Viseu Municipalities, Pará State, northern Brazil. Central nervous system specimens were taken after patients' deaths and underwent immunofluorescent assay and histopathologic examination for rabies antigens; also, spe...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth S.T. da Rosa, Ivanete Kotait, Taciana F.S. Barbosa, Maria L. Carrieri, Paulo E. Brandão, Amiraldo S. Pinheiro, Alberto L. Begot, Marcelo Y. Wada, Rosely C. de Oliveira, Edmundo C. Grisard, Márcia Ferreira, Reynaldo J. da Silva Lima, Lúcia Montebello, Daniele B.A. Medeiros, Rita C.M. Sousa, Gilberta Bensabath, Eduardo H. Carmo, Pedro F.C. Vasconcelos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-08-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
human rabies virus, bat transmission, antigenic and genetic characterization
Brazilian Amazon
Brazil
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/12/8/05-0929_article

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