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Published on: August 18, 2023
Human Rabies by Secondary Transmission in Argentina, 2021
Soledad Firpo1, María Guadalupe Piccirilli2, Rogelio Urizar1
1Hospital Municipal "Raúl Caccavo", Coronel Suárez B7540, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Abstract:
Rabies is a zoonotic disease caused by the rabies virus (RABV) that causes fatal encephalitis in mammals. Bats can transmit the disease to urban canines and felines, which rarely infect humans, establishing a secondary link. The last case of human rabies in Argentina was transmitted by a dog in 2008. We present the first case of human rabies originating from an insectivorous bat, Tadarida brasiliensis, transmitted by a feral cat in Buenos Aires province, Argentina.
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