Human Rabies by Secondary Transmission in Argentina, 2021
Soledad Firpo, María Guadalupe Piccirilli, Rogelio Urizar, Nicolas Vitta, Stella Maris Hirmas Riade, Constanza Leguizamón, María Lorena Vico, Gustavo Agustín Martínez, Fernando J. Beltrán, Daniel Cisterna
Abstract
Rabies is a zoonotic disease caused by the rabies virus (RABV) that causes fatal encephalitis in mammals. Bats can transmit the disease to urban canines and felines, which rarely infect humans, establishing a secondary link. The last case of human rabies in Argentina was transmitted by a dog in 2008. We present the first case of human rabies originating from an insectivorous bat, Tadarida brasiliensis, transmitted by a feral cat in Buenos Aires province, Argentina.
Topics & Concepts
RabiesRabies virusTransmission (telecommunications)InsectivoreVirologyBiologyZoonosisDisease transmissionVeterinary medicineZoologyGeographyMedicineEcologyPredationEngineeringElectrical engineeringRabies epidemiology and controlPoxvirus research and outbreaksBacillus and Francisella bacterial research