Rabies outbreak in Brazil: first case series in children from an indigenous village

• Main Authors: Dilceu Silveira Tolentino Júnior (Author), Maryana Santos Vasconcelos Marques (Author), Amanda Krummenauer (Author), Magda Machado Saraiva Duarte (Author), Silene Manrique Rocha (Author), Mariana Gontijo de Brito (Author), Ludmila Ferraz de Santana (Author), Roberto Carlos de Oliveira (Author), Eliseu Miranda de Assis (Author), Kellyn Kessiene de Sousa Cavalcante (Author), Carlos Henrique Alencar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Human rabies outbreak transmitted by bats continues to be a relevant public health problem not only in the Amazon region. The disease has affected one of the areas with the greatest poverty in southeastern Brazil, a region inhabited by the Maxakali indigenous people. Case present...