Talk:Cryptic rabies
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UK victim?
editWas the case in the UK actually confirmed to be Cryptic bat rabies? Is there a source for this? I don't have a reliable source to hand but my understanding from all the articles I've read previously is that the man in question took in sick and injured bats for rehabilitation and was bitten by one of them (or quite possibly more than one, but one that was rabid in particular). He had also opted not to have the rabies vaccination either before or after being bitten. Given how rare cryptic bat rabies seems to be and the fact that other than this one case it's apparently only been seen in South America I think this really needs a source to avoid looking like original research, or even worse Wikipedia labeling any slightly unusual rabies case as cryptic bat rabies. 82.68.159.246 (talk) 15:10, 18 September 2013 (UTC)
Aerosol theory appears to not have much credence anymore
editPer this, the article comes across as far too confident that bat rabies is transmissible to humans via aerosol:
No additional cases of rabies in humans have been attributed to exposure to bats in caves, and investigations of the 2 reported human cases revealed that both infections could be explained by means other than aerosol transmission (reviewed in [60]). Because the size of bat colonies in human dwellings is much smaller, and because the environmental conditions (e.g., ventilation and relative humidity) in attics and other bat roosting areas in houses and barns are not conducive to aerosolization of any excreted rabies virus, exposure to the air around these smaller bat colonies is not considered to carry a risk of rabies
I might get around to this eventually, but I don't generally write about medicine and would prefer if someone else took a shot first. Enwebb (talk) 03:01, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
Rewrite is needed, aerosolized transmission is proven.
editArticle is dismissive of studies showing clear evidence conducted in controlled setting, and is written in such a way that it suggests the science is wrong.
I'll rewrite it if I have to but here is a source from my source on this. I've read the original Army medicine study that the below is from as well. While it is possible the men were infected some other way, it is proven that this is a potential vector. This is contrary to the wording in this page.
Constantine DG. Rabies transmission by air in bat caves, Public Health Service Publication no. 1617, 1967AtlantaCenters for Disease Control and Prevention 168.182.55.43 (talk) 08:38, 1 January 2022 (UTC)