Rabies in Bats in Florida

Venters, Homer; Hoffert, W. R.; Scatterday, James E.; Hardy, Albert V.

doi:10.2105/ajph.44.2.182

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“…Rabies virus was first identified in bats from the United States in the northern yellow bat (Lasiurus intermedius) from Florida in 1953 (Venters et al, 1954). Since that time, rabies has been detected in bats across the contiguous United States (Krebs et al, 2005).…”

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“…These prevalence estimates may not accurately reflect the occurrence of rabies in these populations because they are derived from submissions to state health departments (Parker et al, 1999). Typically, ,2% of free-flying bats are rabid (Venters et al, 1954;Girard et al, 1965;Trimarchi and Debbie, 1977;Constantine, 1988;Yancey et al, 1997).…”

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Rabies in Bats from Alabama

Hester

Best

Hudson

2007

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

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ABSTRACT:Data on rabies virus infection in bats that were submitted to the Alabama Department of Public Health from 1995-2005 were analyzed. Demographic factors, such as species and sex, and temporal aspects, such as yearly and monthly trends, were investigated. Thirteen species of bats were submitted, and of those, individuals from seven species were rabid; prevalence was highest in Lasiurus borealis and Pipistrellus subflavus and lowest in Eptesicus fuscus and Nycticeius humeralis. There was no difference in prevalence of rabies between sexes or years. Statistically, more rabid bats were submitted in August, September, and November; and fewer were submitted in March, June, and July. Results were similar to those from other regions of North America; these data from Alabama can help to present a more complete view of rabies in bats in North America.

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Section: Most Cases Of Rabies In the Unitedmentioning

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Section: Most Cases Of Rabies In the Unitedmentioning

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Rabies in Bats from Alabama

Hester

Best

Hudson

2007

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

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“…Not until 1953, however, was the disease confirmed in insectivorous bats of the USA (Venters et al, 1954) and it rapidly became clear that the disease had been widespread but undetected in North American bats for many years. The interest aroused by these findings led workers in other countries to examine bats for rabies viruses and it was not long before a bat virus was found in European insectivorous bats (Nikolic & Jelesic, 1956), in West African fruit bats (Boulger & Portefield, 1958) and in a human known to have been bitten by an insectivorous bat in South Africa (Meredith et al, 1971).…”

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Evolution of European bat lyssaviruses.

Amengual

Whitby²,

King

et al. 1997

Journal of General Virology

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Forty-seven European bat lyssaviruses (EBL) and two African insectivorous bat lyssaviruses (Duvenhage viruses) were selected for a comparison to be made of their evolutionary relationships. Studies were based on direct sequencing of the PCR-amplified products of the 400 nucleotides coding for the amino terminus of the nucleoprotein. Phylogenetic relationships were analysed after bootstrap resampling using the maximum parsimony and the neighbour-joining methods. Analyses of both the nucleotide and amino acid sequences placed these viruses in three separate clusters, namely genotype 4 (Duvenhage), genotype 5 (EBL1) and genotype 6 (EBL2). Evolutionary

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“…The bat was diagnosed as positive for rabies on the basis of the discovery of Negri bodies in its brain by using direct immunofluorescence, with confirmation by a biological test. In this context, reports began to emerge of people who had died from rabies transmitted by non-hematophagous bats, with these reports still being published until today 13 .…”

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Circulation of the rabies virus in non-hematophagous bats in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during 2001-2010

Cabral¹,

Morais²,

Dias³

et al. 2012

Rev. Soc. Bras. Med. Trop.

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Introduction: Rabies is one of the most known lethal zoonosis, responsible for 55,000 human deaths per year. It is transmitted to humans mainly by the bite of domestic or wild animals infected with the virus. This paper shows the circulation of this virus in non-hematophagous bats in the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Methods: A survey was performed on the number of bats that had been sent for diagnosis by the Seção de Virologia of the Instituto Municipal de Medicina Veterinária Jorge Vaitsman and were positive for rabies. The positive animals were identified, and the isolated viruses were sent for antigenic typification with indirect immunofluorescence. The results were compared with the antigenic panel of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Results: During 2001-2010, the laboratory received 555 non-hematophagous bats for rabies diagnosis, with 198 (35.7%) from Rio de Janeiro City. A total of 11 (5.5%) animals were positive for this disease. Antigenic typification revealed the predominance of variant 3 in 9 (81.8%) of the isolated viruses; 1 virus was classified as variant 4 and 1 variant was identified that segregated with the viruses in insectivorous bats. Conclusions: The data obtained in this study showed the presence of the rabies virus in synanthropic populations of non-hematophagous bats in the City of Rio de Janeiro. The circulation of this agent in these animals represents a serious risk to human and animal health and requires attention and control measures by the authorities.

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Rabies in Bats in Florida

Cited by 51 publications

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Rabies in Bats from Alabama

Rabies in Bats from Alabama

Evolution of European bat lyssaviruses.

Circulation of the rabies virus in non-hematophagous bats in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during 2001-2010

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