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Genetic divergence of rabies viruses from bat species of Colorado, USA.
Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 2005
Shankar Vidya, Orciari Lillian A, De Mattos Cecilia, Kuzmin Ivan V, Pape W John, O'Shea Thomas J, Rupprecht Charles E
Abstract excerpt
Molecular epidemiological studies have linked many cryptic human rabies cases in the United States with exposure to rabies virus (RV) variants associated with insectivorous bats. In Colorado, bats accounted for 98% of all reported animal rabies cases between 1977 and 1996. The genetic divergence of RV was investigated in bat and terrestrial animal specimens that were submitted for rabies diagnosis to the Colorado...
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