Outbreak of vampire bat biting in a Venezuelan village Ocorrência de mordeduras de morcegos vampiros em um povoado da Venezuela
An outbreak of 154 cases of vampire bat biting in a four-month period in the gold mine of Payapal, a Venezuelan village, is reported. All patients were bitten during the night and the most bites were on their toes. No complication attributed to the bite was reported. Diagnoses of rabies virus made b...
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Language: | English |
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Universidade de São Paulo
1996-10-01
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Series: | Revista de Saúde Pública |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-89101996000500012 |