Bats, emerging diseases, and the human interface

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Charles E Rupprecht. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2009.

. 2009 Jul 28;3(7):e451.

doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000451.

¹ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America. cyr5@cdc.gov

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The author has declared that no competing interests exist.

Fatal human rabies due to Duvenhage virus from a bat in Kenya: failure of treatment with coma-induction, ketamine, and antiviral drugs.
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