Identification of viral RNA sequences in vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) from central Mexico

Identification of viral RNA sequences in vampire bats (Desmodus rotundus) from central Mexico

Bats are important reservoirs of viral entities that cause diverse economical and health problems in several sectors. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of the rabies virus in vampire bats. We also tested for 3 other zoonotic viruses in the collected tissue. We captured 45 va...

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Main Authors: Aldo Espinoza-Gómez, Diana D. Moreno-Santillán, Rafael Juárez-Maldonado, Edgar G. Gutiérrez, Ma. Isabel Salazar, Luis A. Alonso-Palomares, Juan Carlos López-Vidal, Cinthia Elizalde-Arellano, Jorge Ortega
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México 2022-10-01
Series:Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad
Subjects:
Chikungunya
Dengue
Flaviviridae
Rabies
Rhabdoviridae
Vampire bat
Online Access:https://revista.ib.unam.mx/index.php/bio/article/view/4021
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