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FOR KIDS: Surprising rabies resistance
Amazon villagers survive deadly disease carried by vampire bats
Web edition: August 20, 2012
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Vampire bats, like this one, can carry rabies virus and transmit it to humans through bites.
Daniel Streicker
Rabies is a terrible way to die. The disease is caused by a virus that spreads through animal bites. Without treatment, it attacks the brain and can cause symptoms like hallucinations, paralysis, fever and severe pain. Untreated, the disease is usually deadly — except to some people in a few Peruvian villages, scientists now report.
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R. Ehrenberg. Rabies resistance arises in backwater thick with vampire bats. Science News Online, August 1, 2012. [Go to]
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