Tag: Costa Rica

First Report of Gray Foxes ( Urocyon cinereoargenteus) Infected with Bat-Associated rabies Virus ( Desmodus rotundus rabies virus) in Costa Rica

First Report of Gray Foxes

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. Rabies is a lethal zoonotic viral disease that affects mammals. Although Costa Rica has not reported any cases of canine rabies since 1987, cases of bat-transmitted rabies virus in domestic animals are recorded annually. Cases in wild carnivores remain sporadic, and surveillance of these species has intensified […]