38 People in Venezuela Die After Being Bitten by Vampire Bats

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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,400901,00.html

CARACAS, Venezuela — At least 38 Warao Indians have died in remote villages in Venezuela, and medical experts suspect an outbreak of rabies spread by bites from vampire bats.

Laboratory investigations have yet to confirm the cause, but the symptoms point to rabies, according to two researchers from the University of California at Berkeley and other medical experts.
 

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