Outbreak of human rabies due to vampire virus (Desmodus rotundus) associated with cat bites in the department of Amazonas, Peru, 2024
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La rabia es una zoonosis viral cuyo agente causal es el virus de la rabia (VR), especie Lyssavirus, familia Rhabdoviridae, tiene una distribución mundial y afecta a un amplio rango de especies ma- míferos (1). En el Perú, la enfermedad se clasifica en dos formas epidemiológicas: urbana y silvestre. La primera tiene como reservorio al perro y la segunda al murciélago (2). Entre los años 1975 y 2013 se notificó el fallecimiento de 160 personas a causa de rabia silvestre en el departamento de Ama- zonas. En razón a esta situación el año 2011 se implementó la vacunación pre-exposición contra la rabia que contribuyó a reducir la elevada mortalidad en las comunidades nativas locales (3). Sin embargo, se ha reportado un aumento de casos de rabia silvestre animal en el departamento de Amazonas entre 2020 y 2023 (11, 24, 29 y 51 brotes, respectivamente) (4).
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