e-Article
Deforestation and Bovine Rabies Outbreaks in Costa Rica, 1985–2020
Document Type
article
Source
Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 30, Iss 5, Pp 1039-1042 (2024)
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
1080-6040
1080-6059
1080-6059
Abstract
In Latin America, rabies virus has persisted in a cycle between Desmodus rotundus vampire bats and cattle, potentially enhanced by deforestation. We modeled bovine rabies virus outbreaks in Costa Rica relative to land-use indicators and found spatial-temporal relationships among rabies virus outbreaks with deforestation as a predictor.