Rabies transmitted by vampire bats to humans: An emerging zoonotic disease in Latin America?

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Autor(a) principal: Schneider, Maria Cristina
Data de Publicação: 2009
Outros Autores: Romijn, Phyllis Catharina, Uieda, Wilson [UNESP], Tamayo, Hugo, da Silva, Daniela Fernandes, Belotto, Albino, da Silva, Jarbas Barbosa, Leanes, Luis Fernando
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1020-49892009000300010
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/19155
Resumo: 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.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Rabies transmitted by vampire bats to humans: An emerging zoonotic disease in Latin America?
title Rabies transmitted by vampire bats to humans: An emerging zoonotic disease in Latin America?
spellingShingle Rabies transmitted by vampire bats to humans: An emerging zoonotic disease in Latin America?
Schneider, Maria Cristina
Rabies epidemiology
rabies transmission
Amazon region
rabies prevention and control
Latin America
title_short Rabies transmitted by vampire bats to humans: An emerging zoonotic disease in Latin America?
title_full Rabies transmitted by vampire bats to humans: An emerging zoonotic disease in Latin America?
title_fullStr Rabies transmitted by vampire bats to humans: An emerging zoonotic disease in Latin America?
title_full_unstemmed Rabies transmitted by vampire bats to humans: An emerging zoonotic disease in Latin America?
title_sort Rabies transmitted by vampire bats to humans: An emerging zoonotic disease in Latin America?
author Schneider, Maria Cristina
author_facet Schneider, Maria Cristina
Romijn, Phyllis Catharina
Uieda, Wilson [UNESP]
Tamayo, Hugo
da Silva, Daniela Fernandes
Belotto, Albino
da Silva, Jarbas Barbosa
Leanes, Luis Fernando
author_role author
author2 Romijn, Phyllis Catharina
Uieda, Wilson [UNESP]
Tamayo, Hugo
da Silva, Daniela Fernandes
Belotto, Albino
da Silva, Jarbas Barbosa
Leanes, Luis Fernando
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv World Hlth Org
Univ Iguacu
Agr Res Inst Rio de Janeiro State
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Schneider, Maria Cristina
Romijn, Phyllis Catharina
Uieda, Wilson [UNESP]
Tamayo, Hugo
da Silva, Daniela Fernandes
Belotto, Albino
da Silva, Jarbas Barbosa
Leanes, Luis Fernando
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Rabies epidemiology
rabies transmission
Amazon region
rabies prevention and control
Latin America
topic Rabies epidemiology
rabies transmission
Amazon region
rabies prevention and control
Latin America
description 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.
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