title: First case of human rabies in chile caused by an insectivorous bat virus variant.
abstract: The first human rabies case in Chile since 1972 occurred in March 1996 in a patient without history of known exposure. Antigenic and genetic characterization of the rabies isolate indicated that its reservoir was the insectivorous bat Tadarida brasiliensis. This is the first human rabies case caused by an insectivorous bat rabies virus variant reported in Latin America.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Salud Pública, Santiago, Chile.
authors.forename: Myriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Favi
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: de Mattos
authors.forename: Verónica
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Yung
authors.forename: Evelyn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Chala
authors.forename: Luis R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: Cecilia C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: de Mattos
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000940:Antigenic Variation; D001921:Brain / Q000821:virology; D002648:Child; D002677:Chile; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004197:Disease Reservoirs; D007312:Eulipotyphla; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011818:Rabies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000635:transmission / Q000821:virology*; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015047:Zoonoses