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Characterization of rabies virus isolates in Bolivia.
Virus research - 1 Nov 2003
Favi Myriam, Nina Aleida, Yung Verónica, Fernández Jorge
Abstract excerpt
In Latin America, rabies is still an important public health problem. Canine rabies, and wild animal rabies, especially transmitted by hematofagous and insectivorous bats, has become an emerging problem in the countries of this region. We received 363 samples with a laboratory-confirmed rabies diagnosis from Bolivia during l997-2001. From these, we could obtain 222 rabies virus isolates by intra-cerebral...
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