Emerging Infectious Diseases (Aug 2009)

Human Rabies and Rabies in Vampire and Nonvampire Bat Species, Southeastern Peru, 2007

  • Gabriela Salmón-Mulanovich,
  • Alicia Vásquez,
  • Christian Albújar,
  • Carolina Guevara,
  • Alberto Laguna-Torres,
  • Milagros Salazar,
  • Hernan Zamalloa,
  • Marcia Cáceres,
  • Jorge Gómez-Benavides,
  • Victor Pacheco,
  • Carlos Contreras,
  • Tadeusz J. Kochel,
  • Michael Niezgoda,
  • Felix R. Jackson,
  • Andres Velasco-Villa,
  • Charles E. Rupprecht,
  • Joel M. Montgomery

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1508.081522
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 8
pp. 1308 – 1311

Abstract

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After a human rabies outbreak in southeastern Peru, we collected bats to estimate the prevalence of rabies in various species. Among 165 bats from 6 genera and 10 species, 10.3% were antibody positive; antibody prevalence was similar in vampire and nonvampire bats. Thus, nonvampire bats may also be a source for human rabies in Peru.

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