| Literature DB >> 10341181 |
W J Pape1, T D Fitzsimmons, R E Hoffman.
Abstract
To assess the risk for rabies transmission to humans by bats, we analyzed the prevalence of rabies in bats that encountered humans from 1977 to 1996 and characterized the bat-human encounters. Rabies was diagnosed in 685 (15%) of 4,470 bats tested. The prevalence of rabies in bats that bit humans was 2.1 times higher than in bats that did not bite humans. At least a third of the encounters were preventable.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10341181 PMCID: PMC2640787 DOI: 10.3201/eid0503.990315
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Emerg Infect Dis ISSN: 1080-6040 Impact factor: 6.883