Volume 12, Number 8—August 2006
Research
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*
Table
Generic information regarding 12 patients with diagnosis of paralytic rabies from Portel and Viseu municipalities, Pará State
| Patient | Age (y), sex | Place | Municipality | Virus isolation | Onset | Death | Place of bite(s) | GenBank accession no.* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11, F | Tauaçu | Portel | Yes | 19 Mar | 28 Mar | Feet | NA |
| 2 | 22, F | Ajará | Portel | Yes | 9 Mar | 24 Mar | Feet | DQ097077 |
| 3 | 42, M | Ajará | Portel | Yes | 10 Mar | 31 Mar | Feet | NA |
| 4 | 30, M | Ajará | Portel | Yes | 19 Mar | 30 Mar | Feet | NA |
| 5 | 12, M | Ajará | Portel | Yes | 9 mar | 30 Mar | Feet | DQ097076 |
| 6 | 26, F | Ajará | Portel | Yes | 19 Mar | 1 Apr | Feet | DQ097080 |
| 7 | 30, F | Laranjal | Portel | Yes | 23 Mar | 3 Apr | Feet | DQ097078 |
| 8 | 2, M | Laranjal | Portel | Yes | 1 Apr | 6 Apr | Head | DQ097079 |
| 9 | 22, M | Laranjal | Portel | No† | 15 Mar | 28 Mar | Feet | NA |
| 10 | 2, M | Laranjal | Portel | No† | 16 Mar | 30 Mar | Head/feet | NA |
| 11 | 58, M | Curupati | Viseu | Yes | 30 Apr | 17 May | NA | DQ097075 |
| 12 | 22, M | Curupati | Viseu | Yes | 5 May | 14 May | NA | NA |
*NA, not available or unknown.
†Diagnosis by histopathologic examination.
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