First record of Desmodus rotundus in urban area from the city of Olinda, Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil: A case report

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-108

  Dantas Torres, Filipe ^a,c   Valença, Carlos ^b   De Andrade Filho, Geraldo Vieira ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Vigilância Ambiental   (Brazil)

^c Núcleo de Tele Saúde NUTES Hospital das Clínicas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Common vampire bat; Northeastern Brazil; Olinda; Urban area

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BAT; BITE; BRAZIL; CAMERA; CITY; DESMODUS ROTUNDUS; DOG; NONHUMAN; RABIES; URBAN AREA; VIDEORECORDER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 18544371150     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652005000200010     Document Type: Article

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