Bat rabies in Washington State: Temporal-spatial trends and risk factors for zoonotic transmission (2000-2017).

BACKGROUND:Rabies is a zoonotic viral disease that can affect all mammals. In the United States, the majority of human rabies cases are caused by bats, which are the only known reservoirs for rabies virus (RABV) in Washington State. We sought to characterize bat RABV epidemiology in Washington among...

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Main Authors: Jesse Bonwitt, Hanna Oltean, Misty Lang, Rochelle M Kelly, Marcia Goldoft
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6177155?pdf=render