Rabies transmitted by vampire bats to humans: an emerging zoonotic disease in Latin America? La rabia transmitida por murciélagos vampiros a humanos: ¿una zoonosis emergente en América Latina?
Human rabies transmitted by vampire bats reached new heights in Latin America in 2005. A total of 55 human cases were reported in several outbreaks, 41 of them in the Amazon region of Brazil. Peru and Brazil had the highest number of reported cases from 1975 to 2006. In Peru, outbreaks involving mor...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:d5af0571c90945dd800f920750d6f69b 2023-05-15T15:19:03+02:00 Rabies transmitted by vampire bats to humans: an emerging zoonotic disease in Latin America? La rabia transmitida por murciélagos vampiros a humanos: ¿una zoonosis emergente en América Latina? Maria Cristina Schneider Phyllis Catharina Romijn Wilson Uieda Hugo Tamayo Daniela Fernandes da Silva Albino Belotto Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Luis Fernando Leanes 2009-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doaj.org/article/d5af0571c90945dd800f920750d6f69b EN ES PT eng spa por Pan American Health Organization http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892009000300010 https://doaj.org/toc/1020-4989 https://doaj.org/toc/1680-5348 1020-4989 1680-5348 https://doaj.org/article/d5af0571c90945dd800f920750d6f69b Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, Vol 25, Iss 3, Pp 260-269 (2009) Rabia epidemiología transmisión ecosistema amazónico prevención y control América Latina Rabies epidemiology rabies transmission Amazon region rabies prevention and control Latin America Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 article 2009 ftdoajarticles 2022-12-30T22:24:56Z Human rabies transmitted by vampire bats reached new heights in Latin America in 2005. A total of 55 human cases were reported in several outbreaks, 41 of them in the Amazon region of Brazil. Peru and Brazil had the highest number of reported cases from 1975 to 2006. In Peru, outbreaks involving more than 20 cases of bat-transmitted human rabies were reported during the 1980s and 1990s. During this period, a smaller number of cases were reported from outbreaks in Brazil. A comparison of data from field studies conducted in Brazil in 2005 with those from the previous decade suggests similar bat-bite situations at the local level. The objective of this study was to review the epidemiological situation and, on the basis of this information, discuss possible factors associated with the outbreaks. Prevention and control measures already recommended for dealing with this problem are also reviewed, and some further suggestions are provided. La rabia en humanos transmitida por murciélagos vampiros aumentó en América Latina en 2005. Se notificaron varios brotes con un total de 55 personas enfermas, 41 de ellas en la región amazónica de Brasil. Perú y Bolivia acumularon el mayor número de casos notificados entre 1975 y 2006. En Perú se informaron brotes de más de 20 personas con rabia transmitida por murciélagos en las décadas de 1980 y 1990. En ese período se informó un número menor de casos en los brotes de Brasil. Al comparar los datos de estudios de campo realizados en Brasil en 2005 con los obtenidos en décadas anteriores se observaron situaciones similares en cuanto a los casos de mordidas por murciélagos a nivel local. En este estudio se presenta una revisión de la situación epidemiológica y, a partir de esa información, se discuten los posibles factores asociados con los brotes. Se revisan también las medidas de prevención y control ya recomendadas para hacer frente a este problema y se ofrecen algunas recomendaciones adicionales. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic |
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Rabia epidemiología transmisión ecosistema amazónico prevención y control América Latina Rabies epidemiology rabies transmission Amazon region rabies prevention and control Latin America Medicine R Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine RC955-962 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Maria Cristina Schneider Phyllis Catharina Romijn Wilson Uieda Hugo Tamayo Daniela Fernandes da Silva Albino Belotto Jarbas Barbosa da Silva Luis Fernando Leanes Rabies transmitted by vampire bats to humans: an emerging zoonotic disease in Latin America? La rabia transmitida por murciélagos vampiros a humanos: ¿una zoonosis emergente en América Latina? |
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Human rabies transmitted by vampire bats reached new heights in Latin America in 2005. A total of 55 human cases were reported in several outbreaks, 41 of them in the Amazon region of Brazil. Peru and Brazil had the highest number of reported cases from 1975 to 2006. In Peru, outbreaks involving more than 20 cases of bat-transmitted human rabies were reported during the 1980s and 1990s. During this period, a smaller number of cases were reported from outbreaks in Brazil. A comparison of data from field studies conducted in Brazil in 2005 with those from the previous decade suggests similar bat-bite situations at the local level. The objective of this study was to review the epidemiological situation and, on the basis of this information, discuss possible factors associated with the outbreaks. Prevention and control measures already recommended for dealing with this problem are also reviewed, and some further suggestions are provided. La rabia en humanos transmitida por murciélagos vampiros aumentó en América Latina en 2005. Se notificaron varios brotes con un total de 55 personas enfermas, 41 de ellas en la región amazónica de Brasil. Perú y Bolivia acumularon el mayor número de casos notificados entre 1975 y 2006. En Perú se informaron brotes de más de 20 personas con rabia transmitida por murciélagos en las décadas de 1980 y 1990. En ese período se informó un número menor de casos en los brotes de Brasil. Al comparar los datos de estudios de campo realizados en Brasil en 2005 con los obtenidos en décadas anteriores se observaron situaciones similares en cuanto a los casos de mordidas por murciélagos a nivel local. En este estudio se presenta una revisión de la situación epidemiológica y, a partir de esa información, se discuten los posibles factores asociados con los brotes. Se revisan también las medidas de prevención y control ya recomendadas para hacer frente a este problema y se ofrecen algunas recomendaciones adicionales. |
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Rabies transmitted by vampire bats to humans: an emerging zoonotic disease in Latin America? La rabia transmitida por murciélagos vampiros a humanos: ¿una zoonosis emergente en América Latina? |
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Rabies transmitted by vampire bats to humans: an emerging zoonotic disease in Latin America? La rabia transmitida por murciélagos vampiros a humanos: ¿una zoonosis emergente en América Latina? |
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Rabies transmitted by vampire bats to humans: an emerging zoonotic disease in Latin America? La rabia transmitida por murciélagos vampiros a humanos: ¿una zoonosis emergente en América Latina? |
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Rabies transmitted by vampire bats to humans: an emerging zoonotic disease in Latin America? La rabia transmitida por murciélagos vampiros a humanos: ¿una zoonosis emergente en América Latina? |
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Rabies transmitted by vampire bats to humans: an emerging zoonotic disease in Latin America? La rabia transmitida por murciélagos vampiros a humanos: ¿una zoonosis emergente en América Latina? |
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rabies transmitted by vampire bats to humans: an emerging zoonotic disease in latin america? la rabia transmitida por murciélagos vampiros a humanos: ¿una zoonosis emergente en américa latina? |
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