Citation

McCarthy TJ. Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg. 1989; 40(3): 320-322.

Affiliation

Department of Mammalogy, American Museum of Natural History, New York.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1989, American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Publisher American Society of Tropical Medicine)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2929856

Abstract

Hog cholera control efforts in Belize in 1975 included the slaughter of village pigs, a primary food source for the vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus). The bats then fed on secondary food sources, including humans. In 1 village, 22% of the families interviewed were exposed to attacks: 17 children and 2 adults were bit. Human depredation was not continuous as Desmodus located other hosts.

Language: en