August 3, 2012
Bat Bites Might Prevent Rabies
Marissa Fessenden, Scientific American
Rabies, the disease that drives infected victims wild, is almost always fatal once it reaches the brain. A new finding from two remote communities in the Peruvian Amazon may reveal a chink in the virus's armor. Scientists have tested six native people there who have never received a vaccination yet appear to have developed natural antibodies to the virus.
TAGGED: Virus, Bats, Rabies