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Abstract
An outbreak of 154 cases of vampire bat biting in a four-month period in the gold mine of Payapal, a Venezuelan village, is reported. All patients were bitten during the night and the most bites were on their toes. No complication attributed to the bite was reported. Diagnoses of rabies virus made by means of immunofluorescence were negative. A possible reason for this outbreak may been the development of mining areas, with the inhabitants providing an alternative food source for the bats.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID： 9269099 DOI： 10.1590/s0034-89101996000500012
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rev Saude Publica ISSN： 0034-8910 Impact factor: 2.106