Epidemic strain of Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus from a vampire bat captured in Oaxaca, Mexico, 1970.
A vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus, captured in Oaxaca, Mexico, in August 1970, was found to be infected with the epidemic strain of Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus at the same time that an equine epizootic was occurring there.
D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D002685:Chiroptera; D004666:Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004668:Encephalitis Viruses / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; D008800:Mexico
D000956:Antigens, Viral