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The methodology comprised four stages: a literature review, data requests to the Servicio Nacional de Sanidad, Inocuidad y Calidad Agroalimentaria (SENASICA), fieldwork using mist nets across 15 municipalities in Oaxaca, and diagnosis via direct immunofluorescence at the Centro Nacional de Servicios de Diagn\u00f3stico en Salud Animal (CENASA). SENASICA reported 89 positive rabies cases (2014\u20132023) across six laboratories, with the majority (67.02%) attributed to the Oaxaca State Public Health Laboratory. Among the 194 bats analyzed (129 D. rotundus), only three tested positive for the virus, yielding a prevalence of 1.54%. Positive cases were exclusively identified in D. rotundus from San Lucas Ojitl\u00e1n and The Heroic City of Tlaxiaco. This prevalence aligns with that of national studies, which ranges from 0.05% to 3%. 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