Rabid vampire bats kill in Brazil - Democratic Underground

emad

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Thu Nov-03-05 11:02 AM
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Rabid vampire bats kill in Brazil

By Tom Gibb
BBC News, Sao Paulo

Health authorities in northern Brazil are trying to cope with a wave of attacks on humans by vampire bats infected with the deadly rabies virus.

Rabies caused by bat bites has killed 23 people in the last two months.

It is not the first wave of attacks by vampire bats in the Amazon, but Brazilian authorities say this latest outbreak is unusually serious.

Some experts are blaming deforestation in the Amazon region for this latest wave of attacks.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4398660.stm

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Bullwinkle925

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Thu Nov-03-05 05:21 PM
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1. Omigod! Don't tell shrub -

then we shall have a predicted pandemic of vampire bat flu with
a 'Brazilian' deaths.

:scared:

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