title: An outbreak of vampire bat-transmitted rabies in cattle in northeastern Mexico.
abstract: An outbreak of bovine rabies occurred on a ranch when cattle were bitten by vampire bats. Microscopic lesions showed a nonsuppurative encephalitis with intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated viral antigen in the brain, and monoclonal antibodies identified a serotype 1 (vampire strain) of the rabies virus.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, México.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martínez-Burnes
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Medellín
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Haines
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Loza
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Martínez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission*; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D008800:Mexico / Q000453:epidemiology; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary*; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000145:classification; D012703:Serotyping