| human rabies - kentucky/indiana, 2009. | on october 19, 2009, clinicians from kentucky contacted cdc regarding a suspected case of rabies in a man from indiana aged 43 years. this report summarizes the patient's clinical presentation and course, the subsequent epidemiologic investigation, and, for the first time, provides infection control recommendations for personnel performing autopsies on decedents with confirmed or suspected rabies infection. before the patient's death on october 20, a diagnosis of rabies was suspected based on th ... | 2010 | 20379132 |
| metagenomic analysis of the viromes of three north american bat species: viral diversity among different bat species that share a common habitat. | effective prediction of future viral zoonoses requires an in-depth understanding of the heterologous viral population in key animal species that will likely serve as reservoir hosts or intermediates during the next viral epidemic. the importance of bats as natural hosts for several important viral zoonoses, including ebola, marburg, nipah, hendra, and rabies viruses and severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus (sars-cov), has been established; however, the large viral population diversity ( ... | 2010 | 20926577 |
| detection of pseudogymnoascus destructans on free-flying male bats captured during summer in the southeastern usa. | pseudogymnoascus destructans, the causal agent of white-nose syndrome (wns), is commonly found on bats captured both inside and outside caves during hibernation, a time when bats are most vulnerable to infection. it has not been documented in the southeast us on bats captured outside caves or on the landscape in summer. we collected 136 skin swabs from 10 species of bats captured at 20 sites on the tennessee side of great smoky mountains national park, 12 may-16 august 2015. three swabs were fou ... | 2016 | 27434413 |
| effects of white-nose syndrome on regional population patterns of 3 hibernating bat species. | hibernating bats have undergone severe recent declines across the eastern united states, but the cause of these regional-scale declines has not been systematically evaluated. we assessed the influence of white-nose syndrome (an emerging bat disease caused by the fungus pseudogymnoascus destructans, formerly geomyces destructans) on large-scale, long-term population patterns in the little brown myotis (myotis lucifugus), the northern myotis (myotis septentrionalis), and the tricolored bat (perimy ... | 2016 | 26872411 |
| a case of fatal serotonin syndrome-like human rabies caused by tricolored bat-associated rabies virus. | human rabies is a fatal disease, transmitted by saliva of infected animals, and the diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion. very few cases are reported annually in the united states. we present a case of human rabies without a clear exposure history that masqueraded as serotonin syndrome. | 2016 | 27001756 |
| human rabies - missouri, 2014. | on september 18, 2014, the missouri department of health and senior services (mdhss) was notified of a suspected rabies case in a missouri resident. the patient, a man aged 52 years, lived in a rural, deeply wooded area, and bat sightings in and around his home were anecdotally reported. exposure to bats poses a risk for rabies. after two emergency department visits for severe neck pain, paresthesia in the left arm, upper body tremors, and anxiety, he was hospitalized on september 13 for encepha ... | 2016 | 26985578 |
| rabies surveillance among bats in tennessee, usa, 1996-2010. | rabies virus (rabv) infects multiple bat species in the americas, and enzootic foci perpetuate in bats principally via intraspecific transmission. in recent years, bats have been implicated in over 90% of human rabies cases in the us. in tennessee, two human cases of rabies have occurred since 1960: one case in 1994 associated with a tricolored bat (perimyotis subflavus) rabv variant and another in 2002 associated with the tricolored/silver-haired bat (p. subflavus/lasionycteris noctivagans) rab ... | 2015 | 26251992 |
| [population dynamics, roost selection and reproductive patterns of some cave bats from western of mexico]. | population dynamics, roost selection and reproductive patterns of some cave bats from western of mexico. almost half of bat species that occur in mexico use caves as permanent or temporal roosts. however, the ecological studies about cave bat communities are scarce. in this work we studied the population dynamics, roost selection and reproductive patterns of some bats present in el salitre cave, colima, mexico. we carried out monthly samplings between august 2003-march 2005 using a harp trap for ... | 2012 | 23025105 |
| winter activity of coastal plain populations of bat species affected by white-nose syndrome and wind energy facilities. | across the entire distribution of a species, populations may have variable responses to environmental perturbations. many bat species experience mortality in large portions of their range during hibernation and along migratory paths to and from wintering grounds, from white-nose syndrome (wns) and wind energy development, respectively. in some areas, warm temperatures may allow bats to remain active through winter, thus decreasing their susceptibility to wns and/or mortality associated with migr ... | 2016 | 27851832 |
| evidence supporting a zoonotic origin of human coronavirus strain nl63. | the relationship between bats and coronaviruses (covs) has received considerable attention since the severe acute respiratory syndrome (sars)-like cov was identified in the chinese horseshoe bat (rhinolophidae) in 2005. since then, several bats throughout the world have been shown to shed cov sequences, and presumably covs, in the feces; however, no bat covs have been isolated from nature. moreover, there are very few bat cell lines or reagents available for investigating cov replication in bat ... | 2012 | 22993147 |
| bat wing biometrics: using collagen-elastin bundles in bat wings as a unique individual identifier. | the ability to recognize individuals within an animal population is fundamental to conservation and management. identification of individual bats has relied on artificial marking techniques that may negatively affect the survival and alter the behavior of individuals. biometric systems use biological characteristics to identify individuals. the field of animal biometrics has expanded to include recognition of individuals based upon various morphologies and phenotypic variations including pelage ... | 2017 | 29674784 |