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SUBMITTER: Griffiths ME
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7683562 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Griffiths Megan E ME Bergner Laura M LM Broos Alice A Meza Diana K DK Filipe Ana da Silva ADS Davison Andrew A Tello Carlos C Becker Daniel J DJ Streicker Daniel G DG
Nature communications 20201123 1
Rabies is a viral zoonosis transmitted by vampire bats across Latin America. Substantial public health and agricultural burdens remain, despite decades of bats culls and livestock vaccinations. Virally vectored vaccines that spread autonomously through bat populations are a theoretically appealing solution to managing rabies in its reservoir host. We investigate the biological and epidemiological suitability of a vampire bat betaherpesvirus (DrBHV) to act as a vaccine vector. In 25 sites across ...[more]