The real significance of being bitten by a hematophagous bat in indigenous communities in the remote Peruvian Amazon;El real significado de ser mordido por murciélagos hematófagos en las comunidades indígenas Amazónicas del Perú

Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Publica

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 657-658

  Gómez Benavides, Jorge ^a   Laguna Torres, V Alberto ^b   Recuenco, Sergio ^c  

^a Perú   (Peru)

^b Peru   (Peru)

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

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EID: 78751478327     PISSN: 17264634     EISSN: 17264634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1726-46342010000400030     Document Type: Editorial

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2. Recuenco S, Petersen BW, Turmelle AS, Gomez J, Vargas I, Palmer D, et al. Defining rabies in the Amazon: modeling emerging scenarios. In: XXI Conference rabies in the Americas-RITA; 2010 Oct 17-22; Guadalajara, Mexico. Guadalajara: RITA; 2010.
3. Petersen BW, Turmelle AS, Ellison JA, Recuenco S, Gomez J, Vargas I, et al. Exposure to vampire bats and rabies in two communities in the Peruvian Amazon. In: XXI Conference rabies in the Americas-RITA; 2010 Oct 17-22; Guadalajara, Mexico. Guadalajara: RITA; 2010.