Bat bites and rabies: the Canadian scene
Bats are susceptible to rabies. Although bats may appear to be asymptomatic carriers of rabies for a few days, eventually they fall ill to the viral infection and die. Two of at least four bat-specific variants of rabies virus in Canada have killed humans. Rabies is usually transmitted by biting, bu...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Canadian Science Publishing
2020-06-01
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Series: | FACETS |
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Online Access: | https://www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10.1139/facets-2019-0066 |