Potential force of infection of human rabies transmitted by vampire bats in the Amazonian region of Brazil

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 680-684

  Schneider, Maria Cristina ^a   Santos Burgoa, Carlos ^b   Aron, Joan ^c   Munoz, Beatriz ^d   Ruiz Velazco, Silvia ^e   Uieda, Wilson ^f  

^a Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica ^*  (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^f SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAT; BITE; BRAZIL; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MODEL; RABIES; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; DESMODUS ROTUNDUS; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 0030497882     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1996.55.680     Document Type: Article

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