Rabies diagnosis and serology in bats from the State of São Paulo, Brazil

INTRODUCTION: Bats are one of the most important reservoirs and vectors of the rabies virus in the world. METHODS: From 1988 to 2003, the Zoonosis Control Center in São Paulo City performed rabies diagnosis on 5,670 bats by direct immunofluorescent test and mouse inoculation test. Blood samples were...

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Main Authors: Marilene Fernandes de Almeida, Luzia Fátima Alves Martorelli, Miriam Martos Sodré, Ana Paula Arruda Geraldes Kataoka, Adriana Ruckert da Rosa, Maria Lucia de Oliveira, Elizabeth Amatuzzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2011-04-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86822011000200003&lng=en&tlng=en