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Andrew Hirsbrunner1, Armando Rodriguez-Duran2, Jodie A Jarvis1
1Wadsworth Center Rabies Laboratory, New York State Department of Health, Slingerlands, NY, USA.
Infection Ecology & Epidemiology
|November 23, 2020
Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to determine if Puerto Rican bats had previous exposure to rabies virus based on viral neutralizing antibodies. Our results demonstrate that 6.5% of the bats in this study had some exposure to rabies virus. The route of exposure is unknown but may have occurred following interaction with a rabid terrestrial animal or an unidentified bat rabies virus.

