TY - JOUR PY - 1996// TI - Outbreak of vampire bat biting in a Venezuelan village JO - Revista de saude publica A1 - Caraballo, A. J. SP - 483 EP - 484 VL - 30 IS - 5 N2 - An outbreak of 154 cases of vampire bat biting in a four-month period in the gold mine of Payapal, a Venezuelan village, is reported. All patients were bitten during the night and the most bites were on their toes. No complication attributed to the bite was reported. Diagnoses of rabies virus made by means of immunofluorescence were negative. A possible reason for this outbreak may been the development of mining areas, with the inhabitants providing an alternative food source for the bats.

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