RABIES IN BATS
Authors: PAUL W. CLOUGH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1955)

Editorial1 June 1955RABIES IN BATSPAUL W. CLOUGHPAUL W. CLOUGHSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-42-6-1330 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe recovery of rabies virus from bats living under natural conditions in the United States indicates the need of reassessing the importance of these animals as a reservoir and carrier of the infection. The earliest pertinent observations concern an epizootic in cattle and other herbivora observed in 1906 to 1908 in Santa Catarina, near the sea coast in southern Brazil. The affected animals invariably died after an illness of about a week, characterized by a progressive ascending paralysis, associated with salivation, difficulty in swallowing, emaciation and finally respiratory failure. At first this was erroneously diagnosed as "mal de caderas de...1 Carini A: Sur une grande epizootie de rage, Ann. Inst. Pasteur 25: 843, 1911. Google Scholar2 HauptRehaag HH: Durch Fledermaüse verbreitete seuchenhafte Tollwut unter Viehbeständen in Santa Catarina (Süd-Brasilien), Ztschr. f. Infektionskr. d. Haustiere 22: 104-127, 1921. Google Scholar3 Lima Ed: A transmissão da raiva bovina pelo morcego hematophago Desmodus rotundus , Brazil-Med. 48: 38, 1931. Google Scholar4 HurstPawan EWJL: An outbreak of rabies in Trinidad, without history of bites, and with the symptoms of acute ascending myelitis, Lancet 2: 622-628, 1931. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 HurstPawan EWJL: A further account of the Trinidad outbreak of acute rabic myelitis; histology of the experimental disease, J. Path. and Bact. 35: 301, 1932. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 de VerteuilUrich EFW: The study and control of paralytic rabies transmitted by bats in Trinidad, B. W. I., Trans. Roy. Soc. Trop. Med. and Hyg. 29: 317-347, 1935-36. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7 Pawan JL: The transmission of paralytic rabies in Trinidad by the vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus murinus Wagner, 1840), Ann. Trop. Med. and Parasitol. 30: 101-129, 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8 Pawan JL: Rabies in the vampire bat of Trinidad, with special reference to the clinical course and the latency of infection, Ann. Trop. Med. and Parasitol. 30: 401-422, 1936. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9 Johnson HN: Derriengue: vampire bat rabies in Mexico, Am. J. Hyg. 47: 189-204, 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar10 Sullivan TD: Recovery of rabies virus from colonial bats in Texas, Pub. Health Rep. 69: 766-768, 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar11 Venters HD: Rabies in bats in Florida, Am. J. Pub. Health 44: 182-185, 1954. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12 Witte EJ: Bat rabies in Pennsylvania, Am. J. Pub. Health 44: 186-187, 1954. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByAllgemeine Pathologie der Virusinfektionen 1 June 1955Volume 42, Issue 6Page: 1330-1334KeywordsBatsParalysisRabiesRespiratory failureSalivationSwallowing Issue Published: 1 June 1955 PDF DownloadLoading ...