Many people in Amazonian communities have reported bat bites in the last decade. Bites by vampire bats can potentially transmit rabies to humans. The objective of this study was to analyze factors associated with bat biting in one of these communities. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in a village of gold miners in the Amazonian region of Brazil (160 inhabitants). Bats were captured near people's houses and sent to a lab. Of 129 people interviewed, 41% had been attacked by a bat at least once, with 92% of the bites located on the lower limbs. A logistic regression found that adults were bitten around four times more often than children (OR = 3.75, CI 95%: 1.46-9.62, p = 0.036). Males were bitten more frequently than females (OR = 2.08...
OBJECTIVE: Reports on bat rabies in Brazil are sporadic and isolated. This study aimed at describing...
International audienceIntroductionIn addition to the commonly accepted importance of the vampire bat...
Ecological alterations in the environment may have contributed significantly for the increase of non...
Agressões de morcegos a pessoas vêm sendo notificadas em várias comunidades amazônicas nesta última ...
Many people in Amazonian communities have reported bat bites in the last decade. Bites by vampire ba...
Outbreaks of attacks upon human beings by vampire bats seems to be a common phenomenon in several re...
Human rabies tansmitted by bats has acquired greater epidemiologic relevance in various Latin Americ...
Human rabies transmitted by vampire bats reached new heights in Latin America in 2005. A total of 55...
Human rabies transmitted by vampire bats reached new heights in Latin America in 2005. A total of 55...
Human rabies transmitted by vampire bats reached new heights in Latin America in 2005. A total of 55...
An outbreak of 154 cases of vampire bat biting in a four-month period in the gold mine of Payapal, a...
An outbreak of sylvatic rabies was reported in indigenous communities located in the Ecuadorian Amaz...
An outbreak of 26 cases of vampire bat bite in one month in the rural area of Honorópolis, a Brazili...
Common vampire bat attacks on humans in a village of the Amazon region of Brazil Agressões de morceg...
An outbreak of 154 cases of vampire bat biting in a four-month period in the gold mine of Payapal, a...
OBJECTIVE: Reports on bat rabies in Brazil are sporadic and isolated. This study aimed at describing...
International audienceIntroductionIn addition to the commonly accepted importance of the vampire bat...
Ecological alterations in the environment may have contributed significantly for the increase of non...
Agressões de morcegos a pessoas vêm sendo notificadas em várias comunidades amazônicas nesta última ...
Many people in Amazonian communities have reported bat bites in the last decade. Bites by vampire ba...
Outbreaks of attacks upon human beings by vampire bats seems to be a common phenomenon in several re...
Human rabies tansmitted by bats has acquired greater epidemiologic relevance in various Latin Americ...
Human rabies transmitted by vampire bats reached new heights in Latin America in 2005. A total of 55...
Human rabies transmitted by vampire bats reached new heights in Latin America in 2005. A total of 55...
Human rabies transmitted by vampire bats reached new heights in Latin America in 2005. A total of 55...
An outbreak of 154 cases of vampire bat biting in a four-month period in the gold mine of Payapal, a...
An outbreak of sylvatic rabies was reported in indigenous communities located in the Ecuadorian Amaz...
An outbreak of 26 cases of vampire bat bite in one month in the rural area of Honorópolis, a Brazili...
Common vampire bat attacks on humans in a village of the Amazon region of Brazil Agressões de morceg...
An outbreak of 154 cases of vampire bat biting in a four-month period in the gold mine of Payapal, a...
OBJECTIVE: Reports on bat rabies in Brazil are sporadic and isolated. This study aimed at describing...
International audienceIntroductionIn addition to the commonly accepted importance of the vampire bat...
Ecological alterations in the environment may have contributed significantly for the increase of non...