@article{ref1,
title="Risk for rabies transmission from encounters with bats, Colorado, 1977-1996",
journal="Emerging infectious diseases",
year="1999",
author="Pape, W. J. and Fitzsimmons, T. D. and Hoffman, R. E.",
volume="5",
number="3",
pages="433-437",
abstract="To assess the risk for rabies transmission to humans by bats, we analyzed the prevalence of rabies in bats that encountered humans from 1977 to 1996 and characterized the bat-human encounters. Rabies was diagnosed in 685 (15%) of 4,470 bats tested. The prevalence of rabies in bats that bit humans was 2.1 times higher than in bats that did not bite humans. At least a third of the encounters were preventable.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1080-6040",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}