Cluster of Rabies Cases of Probable Bat Origin among Red Foxes in Prince Edward Island, Canada

• DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-32.2.403
• Publication Date: 2013-10-25T00:40:57Z
• Authors: Pierre-Yves Daoust; Alexander I. Wand...; G. Allen Casey
• Keywords: Male; Rabies; Antibodies, Monoclonal; Foxes; 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences; Salivary Glands; 3. Good health; Prince Edward Island; 0403 veterinary science; Rabies virus; Chiroptera; Animals; Female; Disease Reservoirs

Between 15 November and 13 December 1993, three cases of rabies probable bat origin were confirmed in red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) from the same area Prince Edward Island, Canada, previously thought to be free terrestrial mammals. Such clusters have rarely been described North America.