TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Risk for rabies transmission from encounters with bats, Colorado, 1977-1996
JO  - Emerging infectious diseases
A1  - Pape, W. J.
A1  - Fitzsimmons, T. D.
A1  - Hoffman, R. E.
SP  - 433
EP  - 437
VL  - 5
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1080-6040
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -