Open-access Rabies virus isolated from a frugivorous bat (Artibeus lituratus), captured in 1997, in Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil

Rabies virus was isolated from a frugivorous bat, Artibeus lituratus, captured in downtown Rio Claro, SP, Brazil, in 1997. There was not any animal rabies since 1986, and this is the first isolation of rabies virus in a frugivorous bat in Rio Claro. Implications of Public Health were discussed.

Rabies virus; Chiroptera; Isolation; Public health


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