Observations of sylvatic rabies in Northern Argentina during outbreaks of paralytic cattle rabies transmitted by vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1169-1173

  Delpletro, H A ^a   Lord, R D ^b   Russo, R G ^a   Gury Dhomen, F ^a,c  

^a Servicio Nacional de Sanidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria Argentina   (Argentina)

^b Pan American Health Organization   (Argentina)

^c Instituto de Zoonosis Luis Pasteur ^*  (Argentina)

Author keywords

Capybara; Clinical signs; Conservation desmodus rotundus; Fruit eating bat; Human health; Marsh deer; Rabies transmission; Red brocket deer; Savannah fox; Vampire bat

Indexed keywords

ARTIBEUS; ARTIBEUS LITURATUS; BLASTOCEROS DICHOTOMUS; BOS; CERVIDAE; DESMODUS; DESMODUS ROTUNDUS; DUSICYON THOUS; HYDROCHAERIS; HYDROCHAERIS HYDROCHAERIS; MAZAMA AMERICANA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BAT; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; DEER; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOX; MALE; RABIES; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; ANIMALS, WILD; ARGENTINA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHIROPTERA; DEER; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; FOXES; MALE; RABIES;

EID: 75349095919     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-45.4.1169     Document Type: Article

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