High diversity of rabies viruses associated with insectivorous bats in Argentina: presence of several independent enzootics.

• Autori principali: Carolina Piñero (Autore), Federico Gury Dohmen (Autore), Fernando Beltran (Autore), Leila Martinez (Autore), Laura Novaro (Autore), Susana Russo (Autore), Gustavo Palacios (Autore), Daniel M Cisterna (Autore)
• Natura: Libro
• Pubblicazione: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND: Rabies is a fatal infection of the central nervous system primarily transmitted by rabid animal bites. Rabies virus (RABV) circulates through two different epidemiological cycles: terrestrial and aerial, where dogs, foxes or skunks and bats, respectively, act as the most relevant reservo...