Citation

Caraballo AJ. Rev. Saude Publica 1996; 30(5): 483-484.

Affiliation

Centro de Investigaciones de Campo Dr. Francesco Vitanza da la Escuela de Malariología.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Faculdade de Higiene e Saude Publica)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9269099

Abstract

An outbreak of 154 cases of vampire bat biting in a four-month period in the gold mine of Payapal, a Venezuelan village, is reported. All patients were bitten during the night and the most bites were on their toes. No complication attributed to the bite was reported. Diagnoses of rabies virus made by means of immunofluorescence were negative. A possible reason for this outbreak may been the development of mining areas, with the inhabitants providing an alternative food source for the bats.

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