An outbreak of vampire bat-transmitted rabies in cattle in northeastern Mexico. |
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| Authors: | J Martínez-Burnes A Lpez J Medellín D Haines E Loza and M Martínez |
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| Institution: | J Martínez-Burnes, A López, J Medellín, D Haines, E Loza, and M Martínez |
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| Abstract: | An outbreak of bovine rabies occurred on a ranch when cattle were bitten by vampire bats. Microscopic lesions showed a nonsuppurative encephalitis with intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies. Immunohistochemistry demonstrated viral antigen in the brain, and monoclonal antibodies identified a serotype 1 (vampire strain) of the rabies virus. |
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