Spatial and temporal trends of bat-borne rabies in Chile

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 143, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1486-1494

  Escobar, L E ^a,b   Restif, O ^c   Yung, V ^d   Favi, M ^d   Pons, D J ^a   Medina Vogel, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Bat borne; disease; rabies; re emergent; urban

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAT; BAT BORN RABIES; CHILE; DESMODUS ROTUNDUS; DOG; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTIOTUS MACROTUS; HISTIOTUS MONTANUS; INFECTION RATE; LASIURUS BLOSSEVILLII; LASIURUS BOREALIS; LASIURUS CINEREUS; MONOPHYLLUS REDMANI; MORMOPTERUS KALINOWSKII; MYOTIS CHILOENSIS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TADARIDA BRASILIENSIS; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS STRAIN; WINTER; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; TRANSMISSION; TRENDS; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHILE; CHIROPTERA; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84926379660     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095026881400226X     Document Type: Article

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