Outbreaks of Attacks by Hematophagous Bats in Isolated Riverine Communities in the Brazilian Amazon: A Challenge to Rabies Control

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 272-277

  Carvalho Costa, F A ^a   Tedesqui, V L ^a   de Jesus Nascimento Monteiro, M ^b   Boia M N ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Secretaria Municipal de Saúde de Santa Isabel do Rio Negro Estado do Amazonas   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Human rabies; Vampire bats

Indexed keywords

RABIES VACCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BAT; BRAZIL; CHILD; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RABIES; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA;

ANIMALS; BITES AND STINGS; BRAZIL; CHIROPTERA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; DESMODUS ROTUNDUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84860372039     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2011.01444.x     Document Type: Article

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