Human Rabies: A Reemerging Disease in Costa Rica?
Xiomara Badilla*
, Victor Pérez-Herra†, Ligia Quirós‡, Ana Morice§, Edwin Jiménez‡, Elizabeth Sáenz§, Fernando Salazar¶, Rodrigo Fernández#, Lillian Orciari**, Pamela Yager**, Sylvia Whitfield**, and Charles E. Rupprecht**
Author affiliations: *Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (CCSS), San José, Costa Rica; †Hospital Nacional de Niños, San José, Costa Rica; ‡Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, San José, Costa Rica; §Instituto Costarricense de Investigación y Enseñanza en Nutrición y Salud (INCIENSA), San Isidro de Pérez Zeledón, Costa Rica; ¶Epidemiología, Región Brunca, CCSS, Tres Ríos, Cartago, Costa Rica; #Epidemiología, Región Brunca, Ministerio de Salud de Costa Rica, San Isidro de Pérez Zeledón; **Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Figure 2. Annual prevalence of Vampire Bat bites, Costa Rica, 2001.
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