Bat-associated rabies virus in Skunks.
Rabies was undetected in terrestrial wildlife of northern Arizona until 2001, when rabies was diagnosed in 19 rabid skunks in Flagstaff. Laboratory analyses showed causative rabies viruses associated with bats, which indicated cross-species transmission of unprecedented magnitude. Public health infrastructure must be maintained to address emerging zoonotic diseases.
Leslie
Mira J
MJ
Communicable Disease Epidemiology, Washington State Department of Health, 1610 NE 150th Street, Shoreline, WA 98155-9701, USA. Mira.Leslie@doh.wa.gov
Messenger
Sharon
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Rohde
Rodney E
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Smith
Jean
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Cheshier
Ronald
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Hanlon
Cathleen
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Rupprecht
Charles E
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D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000821:virology; D001130:Arizona / Q000453:epidemiology; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D012889:Mephitidae / Q000821:virology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*