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Science 4 February 1972:
Vol. 175. no. 4021, pp. 546 - 547
DOI: 10.1126/science.175.4021.546
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Epidemic Strain of Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis Virus from a Vampire Bat Captured in Oaxaca, Mexico, 1970

Pablo Correa-Giron 1, Charles H. Calisher 2, and George M. Baer 3

1 Laboratorio de Microbiologia Experimental, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Pecuarias, Km. 15frac12 Carretera a Toluca, Palo Alto, D. F., Mexico
2 Arbovirus Unit, Virology Section, Laboratory Division, Center for Disease Control, U. S. Public Health Service, Atlanta, Georgia 30333
3 Laboratory Investigations Unit, Viral Zoonoses Section, Epidemiology Program, Center for Disease Control, U. S. Public Health Service, Lawrenceville, Georgia 30245

A vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus, captured in Oaxaca, Mexico, in August 1970, was found to be infected with the epidemic strain of Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis virus at the same time that an equine epizootic was occurring there.

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