SynthesisPloS one2016
A Systematic Review of Human Bat Rabies Virus Variant Cases: Evaluating Unprotected Physical Contact with Claws and Teeth in Support of Accurate Risk Assessments.
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- A review of the circumstances and health-seeking behaviours associated with bat exposures in high-income countries.Zoonoses and public health · 2022Review
- Human Rabies by Secondary Transmission in Argentina, 2021.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Quantitative characterization of the T cell receptor repertoires of human immunized by rabies virus vaccine.Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics · 2021Article
- Coronavirus seroprevalence among villagers exposed to bats in Thailand.Zoonoses and public health · 2021Article
- Rabies in Costa Rica - Next Steps Towards Controlling Bat-Borne Rabies After its Elimination in Dogs.The Yale journal of biology and medicine · 2021Review
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- Evaluation of species identification and rabies virus characterization among bat rabies cases in the United States.Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association · 2020Article
- Update on lyssaviruses and rabies: will past progress play as prologue in the near term towards future elimination?Faculty reviews · 2020Review
- Vital Signs: Trends in Human Rabies Deaths and Exposures - United States, 1938-2018.MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report · 2019Article
- Bats and Viruses: Emergence of Novel Lyssaviruses and Association of Bats with Viral Zoonoses in the EU.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2019Review
- Analysis of expression profiles of long noncoding RNAs and mRNAs in brains of mice infected by rabies virus by RNA sequencing.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Bat rabies in Washington State: Temporal-spatial trends and risk factors for zoonotic transmission (2000-2017).PloS one · 2018Article
- Lyssaviruses and rabies: current conundrums, concerns, contradictions and controversies.F1000Research · 2017Review
- Factors Associated With Unsuccessful Rabies Tests in Utah, 2014-2023.Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMPArticle
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Abstract
In the United States and Canada, the most recent documented cases of rabies have been attributed to bat rabies viruses (RABV). We undertook this systematic review in an effort to summarize and enhance understanding of the risk of infection for individuals who have been potentially exposed to a suspect or confirmed rabid bat. United States rabies surveillance summaries documented a total of 41 human bat-rabies virus variant verified non-transplant cases between 1990 and 2015. All cases were fatal. Seven (17.1%) of 41 cases reported a bite from a bat. Ten (24.3%) cases had unprotected physical contact (UPC); these included seven cases that had a bat land or crawl on them (contact with claws) and one case that touched a bat's teeth. Seven (17.1%) cases had probable UPC. Insectivorous bat teeth are extremely sharp and highly efficient for predation upon arthropod prey. Bats also have sharp claws on the end of their thumbs and feet. One of the most common bat RABV variants has an ability to replicate in non-neural cells. Questioning individuals about unprotected contact with bat teeth and claws (including a bat landing or crawling on a person) may help identify additional exposures.
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