Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Bat-transmitted Human Rabies Outbreaks, Brazilian Amazon

Elizabeth S.T. da Rosa*, Ivanete Kotait†, Taciana F.S. Barbosa*, Maria L. Carrieri†, Paulo E. Brandão†, Amiraldo S. Pinheiro‡, Alberto L. Begot‡, Marcelo Y. Wada§, Rosely C. de Oliveira§, Edmundo C. Grisard¶, Márcia Ferreira§, Reynaldo J. da Silva Lima‡, Lúcia Montebello§, Daniele B.A. Medeiros*, Rita C.M. Sousa#, Gilberta Bensabath*, Eduardo H. Carmo¶, and Pedro F.C. Vasconcelos*

Author affiliations: *Instituto Evandro Chagas, Belém, Brazil; †Instituto Pasteur, São Paulo, Brazil; ‡Secretaria de Saúde do Estado do Pará, Belém, Brazil; §Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, Brazil; ¶Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil; #Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, Brazil

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Figure 1. Pará State, showing the municipalities of Portel and Viseu, where vampire bat–transmitted rabies cases were reported. Source: Adapted from Government of Pará State website, http://www.brasilrepublica.hpg.ig.com.br/para.htm

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