A recombinant rabies vaccine that prevents viral shedding in rabid common vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus).

Vampire bat transmitted rabies (VBR) is a continuing burden to public health and agricultural sectors in Latin America, despite decades-long efforts to control the disease by culling bat populations. Culling has been shown to disperse bats, leading to an increased spread of rabies. Thus, non-lethal...

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Main Authors: Elsa M Cárdenas-Canales, Andres Velasco-Villa, James A Ellison, Panayampalli S Satheshkumar, Jorge E Osorio, Tonie E Rocke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-08-01
Series:PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010699