Molecular characterization of rabies virus isolated from non-haematophagous bats in Brazil
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2011 INTRODUCTION: Rabies is an important zoonosis that causes thousands of deaths worldwide each year. Although the terrestrial cycle, mainly transmitted by dogs, is controlled in Brazil, the aerial cycle remains a serious public health issue, besides the ...
Avelino Albas +6 more
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Desmodus rotundus (Mammalia: Chiroptera) on the southern coast of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil
Brazilian Journal of BiologySince the 1990s, attacks by hematophagous bats on humans and domestic animals have been reported both on the continent and on the islands on the southern coast of Rio de Janeiro state.
LM. Costa, CEL. Esbérard
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Ultrastructure and morphometric features of epididymal epithelium in Desmodus rotundus
Micron, 2017 The blood-feeding behavior of Desmodus rotundus made this bat a potential vector of rabies virus and a public health issue. Consequently, the better understanding of its reproductive biology becomes valuable for the development of methods to control its population. In this study, we described morphological aspects of epithelial cells in D.
Mariana Moraes de, Castro +7 more
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Human Rabies: A Reemerging Disease in Costa Rica?
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2003 Two human rabies cases caused by a bat-associated virus variant were identified in September 2001 in Costa Rica, after a 31-year absence of the disease in persons.
Xiomara Badilla +11 more
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Ultraestructura del Testículo del Vampiro (Desmodus Rotundus)
Revista de Ciencias, 2011 Se describe la ultraestructura del testículo adulto del vampiro (Desmodus rotundus) como paso previo al estudio de su permeabilidad a la peroxidasa de rábano. El testículo consta básicamente de los túbulos seminíferos, rodeados por el (ejido intersticial.
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Common vampire bat attacks on humans in a village of the Amazon region of Brazil
Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2001 Many people in Amazonian communities have reported bat bites in the last decade. Bites by vampire bats can potentially transmit rabies to humans. The objective of this study was to analyze factors associated with bat biting in one of these communities. A
Schneider Maria Cristina +4 more
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A review of the diet of the common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) in the context of anthropogenic change. [PDF]
Mamm Biol, 2023 Brown N, Escobar LE.
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Brazilian Journal of BiologyIn order to verify possible preferential prey selection by Desmodus rotundus feeding on domestic herbivores in the Municipality of São Pedro (São Paulo, Brazil), vampire bat attacks were surveyed at rural properties where domestic herbivores were being ...
PJ Mialhe
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Virulent Brucella nosferati infecting Desmodus rotundus has emerging potential due to the broad foraging range of its bat host for humans and wild and domestic animals. [PDF]
mSphere, 2023 Hernández-Mora G +18 more
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Semina: Ciências Agrárias, 2018 O vírus rábico se propaga por vários ciclos epidemiológicos dificultando seu controle e previsibilidade de ocorrência. Desta forma, o objetivo desse estudo foi realizar a caracterização geoespacial dos abrigos de morcegos nas diferentes mesorregiões do ...
Ana Cláudia Caetano Pinheiro Leite +7 more
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