title: Human rabies and rabies in vampire and nonvampire bat species, Southeastern Peru, 2007.
abstract: After a human rabies outbreak in southeastern Peru, we collected bats to estimate the prevalence of rabies in various species. Among 165 bats from 6 genera and 10 species, 10.3% were antibody positive; antibody prevalence was similar in vampire and nonvampire bats. Thus, nonvampire bats may also be a source for human rabies in Peru.
authors.affiliation: US Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru.
authors.forename: Gabriela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Salmón-Mulanovich
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vásquez
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Albújar
authors.forename: Carolina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Guevara
authors.forename: V Alberto
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Laguna-Torres
authors.forename: Milagros
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Salazar
authors.forename: Hernan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zamalloa
authors.forename: Marcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cáceres
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gómez-Benavides
authors.forename: Victor
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Pacheco
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Contreras
authors.forename: Tadeusz
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kochel
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niezgoda
authors.forename: Felix R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Andres
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Velasco-Villa
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rupprecht
authors.forename: Joel M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Montgomery
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000145:classification / Q000821:virology*; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D004197:Disease Reservoirs / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D004199:Disease Vectors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010568:Peru / Q000453:epidemiology; D011818:Rabies / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000635:transmission* / Q000662:veterinary; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000276:immunology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral