First case of human rabies in chile caused by an insectivorous bat virus variant

The first human rabies case in Chile since 1972 occurred in March 1996 in a patient without history of known exposure. Antigenic and genetic characterization of the rabies isolate indicated that its reservoir was the insectivorous bat Tadarida brasiliensis. This is the first human rabies case caused...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases 2002-01, Vol.8 (1), p.79-81
Main Authors: Favi, Myriam, de Mattos, Carlos A, Yung, Verónica, Chala, Evelyn, López, Luis R, de Mattos, Cecilia C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Antigenic Variation
Bats
Brain - virology
Child
Chile
Chiroptera - virology
Diagnosis
Diagnosis, Differential
Disease Reservoirs
Eulipotyphla
Fatal Outcome
Genetic Variation
Health aspects
human
Humans
Latin America
Male
Mice
Phylogeny
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Rabies
Rabies - diagnosis
Rabies - transmission
Rabies - virology
Rabies virus - classification
Rabies virus - genetics
Rabies virus - immunology
Rabies virus - isolation & purification
Tadarida
Zoonoses
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Summary:The first human rabies case in Chile since 1972 occurred in March 1996 in a patient without history of known exposure. Antigenic and genetic characterization of the rabies isolate indicated that its reservoir was the insectivorous bat Tadarida brasiliensis. This is the first human rabies case caused by an insectivorous bat rabies virus variant reported in Latin America.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid0801.010108