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Dynamics of Rabies Epidemics in Vampire Bats
Complexity, 2020 In order to study the transmission of rabies epidemics in vampire bats, we propose a mathematical model for vampire bat rabies virus. A threshold R0 is identified which determines the outcome of the disease.
Liang Tian, Juping Zhang
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An optimized rabies vaccine vehicle for orotopical administration to wild vampire bats
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Assessing the potential impacts of a changing climate on the distribution of a rabies virus vector. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) occur throughout much of South America to northern México. Vampire bats have not been documented in recent history in the United States, but have been documented within about 50 km of the U.S.
Mark A Hayes, Antoinette J Piaggio
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Nature, 1883 DR. ROMANES, in criticising a book (“Zoological Sketches”), in NATURE, vol. xxvii. p. 333, says: “The writer speaks of vampire bats as those which suck the blood of sleeping persons, whereas the truth is, as Belt has remarked, ‘the vampire is the most harmless of bats.’”
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Can Farmers and Bats Co-exist? Farmer Attitudes, Knowledge, and Experiences with Bats in Belize
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2020 Bats (Chiroptera) are often viewed negatively by the public. Negative public perceptions of bats may hinder efforts to conserve declining populations.
Hannah G. Shapiro +3 more
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mSphere, 2023 Desmodus rotundus, vampire bats, transmit dangerous infections, and brucellosis is a hazardous zoonotic disease, two adversities that coexist in the subtropical and tropical areas of the American continent.
Gabriela Hernández-Mora +18 more
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Management of vampire bats and rabies: a precaution for rewilding projects in the Neotropics
Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, 2021 Changes in animal population dynamics and community composition following species (re)introduction may have unanticipated consequences for a variety of downstream ecosystem processes, including infectious disease transmission.
Fernando Gonçalves +2 more
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Adult vampire bats produce contact calls when isolated: acoustic variation by species, population, colony, and individual. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BACKGROUND: Bat pups produce individually distinct isolation calls to facilitate maternal recognition. Increasing evidence suggests that, in group-living bat species, adults often use similar calls to maintain contact.
Gerald G Carter +4 more
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Bat rabies in Guatemala. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2014 Rabies in bats is considered enzootic throughout the New World, but few comparative data are available for most countries in the region. As part of a larger pathogen detection program, enhanced bat rabies surveillance was conducted in Guatemala, between ...
James A Ellison +10 more
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