An outbreak of bat-transmitted human rabies in a village in the Brazilian Amazon;Surto de raiva humana transmitida por morcegos em povoado da Amazônia brasileira

Revista de Saude Publica

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1075-1077

  da Silva Mendes, Wellington ^a   da Silva, Antônio Augusto Moura ^a   Neiva, Romerito Fonseca ^a   Costa, Nicolle Matos ^a   de Assis, Maressa Soares ^a   Vidigal, Priscila Maria Oliveira ^a   Branco, Maria dos Remédios Freitas Carvalho ^a   Leite, Maria da Graça Lírio ^b   Rios, Jakeline Maria Trinta ^b   Martins, José Orlando Sousa ^b   Neto, Salim Jorge Waquin ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MARANHÃO   (Brazil)

^b Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de São Luís   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Disease outbreaks; Disease reservoirs; Epidemiologic surveillance; Epidemiology; Rabies; Zoonoses

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAT; BRAZIL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POWER SUPPLY; RABIES; STATISTICS; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RABIES;

EID: 77951942877     PISSN: 00348910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0034-89102009005000073     Document Type: Article

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