Rabies in the vampire bat of Trinidad with special reference to the clinical course and the latency of infection

ABSTRACT

Vampire bats are susceptible to artificial inoculation with the virus of rabies. The disease thus produced may be of the furious or the paralytic type, or there may be no clinical symptoms. Vampire bats caught in natural conditions, may be found to be unduly exited and "furious", or may appear healthy without evidence of disease. They may, however, in both cases be infected with rabies. Vampire bats may become carriers of rabies after "recovery" from the furious form of the disease. In this state they may remain capable of spreading infection by their bites for prolonged periods. (Summary).