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Human rabies transmitted by vampire bats: antigenic and genetic characterization of rabies virus isolates from the Amazon region (Brazil and Ecuador).
Virus research - 1 Oct 2010
Castilho Juliana Galera, Carnieli Pedro, Durymanova Ekaterina A, Fahl Willian de Oliveira, Oliveira Rafael de Novaes, Macedo Carla Isabel, da Rosa Elizabeth Salbe Travassos, Mantilla Anibal, Carrieri Maria Luiza, Kotait Ivanete
Abstract excerpt
Since 2004, the main transmitter of human rabies in Latin America has been the vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus). Based on the nucleoprotein of the rabies virus (RV), we analyzed antigenic and genetic profiles of isolates from 29 samples taken from humans living in different areas of the Amazon region. Two isolates were from Ecuador and 27 from the Northern and Northeastern regions of Brazil, which were obtained...
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