Rabies transmitted by vampire bats to humans

An emerging zoonotic disease in Latin America

Bibliographic Data

ID14966875
AuthorsMichael C Schneider (0000-0001-8575-8002, Centro Panamericano de Fiebre Aftosa, corresponding author), Maria Cristina Schneider, Phyllis Catharina Romijn (0000-0001-7017-9286), Wilson Uieda (0000-0002-4177-3339), Hugo Tamayo, Daniela Fernandes da Silva, Albino Belotto, Jarbas Barbosa Da Silva, Luis Fernando Leanes
Year2009
Volume25
Issue3
Pages260-9
Publication date2009-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista Panamericana de Salud Pública (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1020-4989 • E-ISSN: 1680-5348
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s1020-49892009000300010
PMID19454154
OpenAlexW2149529908
SciELOS1020-49892009000300010
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited14

Human rabies transmitted by vampire bats reached new heights in Latin America in 2005. A total of 55 human cases were reported in several outbreaks, 41 of them in the Amazon region of Brazil. Peru and Brazil had the highest number of reported cases from 1975 to 2006. In Peru, outbreaks involving more than 20 cases of bat-transmitted human rabies were reported during the 1980s and 1990s. During this period, a smaller number of cases were reported from outbreaks in Brazil. A comparison of data from field studies conducted in Brazil in 2005 with those from the previous decade suggests similar bat-bite situations at the local level. The objective of this study was to review the epidemiological situation and, on the basis of this information, discuss possible factors associated with the outbreaks. Prevention and control measures already recommended for dealing with this problem are also reviewed, and some further suggestions are provided

Amazon rainforest · Biology · Desmodus rotundus · Environmental health · Geography · Latin Americans · Outbreak · Rabies · Socioeconomics · Veterinary medicine · Zoonosis · Medicine · Poxvirus research and outbreaks · Rabies epidemiology and control · Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research · Ecology · Epidemiology · Virology

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