Ecology of rabies virus exposure in colonies of brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis) at natural and man-made roosts in Texas

Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 165-175

  Turmelle, Amy S ^a,b   Allen, Louise C ^c   Jackson, Felix R ^b   Kunz, Thomas H ^c   Rupprecht, Charles E ^b   McCracken, Gary F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazilian free tailed bat; Epizootiology; Rabies virus; Roost ecology

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; EPIZOOTIOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES VIRUS; SEROPREVALENCE; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS; UNITED STATES; VIRUS DETECTION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; FEMALE; MALE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEXAS;

RABIES VIRUS; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS;

EID: 77950560669     PISSN: 15303667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2008.0163     Document Type: Article

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