Geographic distribution of common vampire bat desmodus rotundus (chiroptera: phyllostomidae) shelters: implications for the spread of rabies virus to cattle in southeastern brazil

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    Bats (Order Chiroptera) are considered the main transmitters of emerging viral zoonoses due to their large capacity to act as a natural reservoir for several species of pathogens, such as the rabies virus, in comparison with other mammals. In Latin America, after controlling canine rabies through mass vaccination campaigns, the hematophagous bat Desmodus rotundus became the main transmitter of rabies virus to humans and farm animals since these herbivores are the main feed source of this bat species. Given the notorious importance of D. rotundus in the epidemiological cycle and spatial dispersion of the . . .

     

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