Persistence of Rabies Virus-Neutralizing Antibodies after Vaccination of Rural Population following Vampire Bat Rabies Outbreak in Brazil.

• Main Authors: Rita Medeiros (Author), Viviane Jusot (Author), Guy Houillon (Author), Anvar Rasuli (Author), Luzia Martorelli (Author), Ana Paula Kataoka (Author), Mohamed Ben Mechlia (Author), Anne-Sophie Le Guern (Author), Liliam Rodrigues (Author), Rhomero Assef (Author), Alvino Maestri (Author), Reynaldo Lima (Author), Yolande Rotivel (Author), Valérie Bosch-Castells (Author), Noël Tordo (Author)
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• Publicado em: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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BACKGROUND:Animal control measures in Latin America have decreased the incidence of urban human rabies transmitted by dogs and cats; currently most cases of human rabies are transmitted by bats. In 2004-2005, rabies outbreaks in populations living in rural Brazil prompted widespread vaccination of e...