Human rabies and rabies in vampire and nonvampire bat species, Southeastern Peru, 2007.
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.
Salmón-Mulanovich
Gabriela
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US Naval Medical Research Center Detachment, Lima, Peru.
Vásquez
Alicia
A
Albújar
Christian
C
Guevara
Carolina
C
Laguna-Torres
V Alberto
VA
Salazar
Milagros
M
Zamalloa
Hernan
H
Cáceres
Marcia
M
Gómez-Benavides
Jorge
J
Pacheco
Victor
V
Contreras
Carlos
C
Kochel
Tadeusz
T
Niezgoda
Michael
M
Jackson
Felix R
FR
Velasco-Villa
Andres
A
Rupprecht
Charles
C
Montgomery
Joel M
JM
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
D000914:Antibodies, Viral