bat lyssavirus

(bat)

A single-stranded RNA virus that causes encephalitis. It can be transmitted to humans by an animal bite. See: Lyssavirus

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"Dead bats present a health hazard as they may still be infectious with Australian bat lyssavirus. The health advice for anyone cleaning up dead bats is ideally they should have had a full course of vaccination for rabies, they should wear adequate personal protective equipment and use a shovel, rather than using their hands," he said.

5,000 Maggot-Filled Dead Bats Found In Woman's Garden

Now Public Health England says a dead serotine bat at an undisclosed location in Dorset was infected with European Bat Lyssavirus 1.

RABIES BACK IN UK; Docs are warned to immunise after killer virus is found in tiny dead bat

The genus Lyssavirus includes fourteen species which are classified by their genomic sequence; they are the RABV Lagos bat virus (LBV), Mokola virus (MOKV), Duvenhage virus (DUVV), European bat lyssavirus type 1 (EBLV1), European bat lyssavirus type 2 (EBLV2), Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV), Aravan virus (ARAV) and Khujand virus (KHUV), Irkut virus (IRKV), West Caucasian bat virus (WCBV), Bokeloh bat lyssavirus (BBLV), Ikoma Lyssavirus (IKOV) and Shimoni bat virus (SHIBV).

Murcielagos reservorios del virus de la Rabia y epidemiologia de la Rabia en Colombia: una revision

Australian bat lyssavirus infection: a second human case, with a long incubation period.

Uzun Inkubasyonla Seyreden Kuduz Olgusu: Halk Sagligi Acisindan Onemi/The Case Report of Rabies with Long Incubation: The Importance of Public Health

The zoonotic diseases Australian Bat Lyssavirus and Hendra virus both require close contact with bats, or horses infected from bats, respectively.

Beginning to understand some impacts of existing and emerging animal diseases

There are 14 recognized species in the genus Lyssavirus: rabies virus (RABV), Lagos bat virus, Mokola virus (MOKV), Duvenhage virus, European bat lyssavirus types 1 and 2, Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV), Aravan virus (ARAV), Khujand virus, Irkut virus, Shimoni bat virus, Bokeloh bat lyssavirus, West Caucasian bat virus, and Ikoma lyssavirus (IKOV) (1).

Lyssavirus in Indian flying foxes, Sri Lanka

Susceptibility of sheep to European bat lyssavirus type-1 and -2 infection: A clinical pathogenesis study.

IMMUNOPATHOLOGICAL STUDIES OF CANINE RABIES IN FAISALABAD, PAKISTAN

Additionally, 38 homologous sequences recovered from GenBank were included in the phylogenetic trees of the N and G genes (29 and none, respectively) and European bat Lyssavirus 1 (another specie in the Lyssavirus) was used as an outgroup.

Desmodus rotundus and Artibeus spp. bats might present distinct rabies virus lineages

O genero Lyssavirus inclui 11 especies conhecidas (Tabela 1), e 11 genotipos identificados ate o momento, consistindo no virus classico da raiva (RABV, genotipo 1), Lagos bat virus (LBV, genotipo 2), Mokola virus (MOKV, genotipo 3), Duvenhage virus (DUVV, genotipo 4), European bat lyssavirus (EBLV-1, genotipo 5), European bat lyssavirus (EBLV-2, genotipo 6), e Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV, genotipo 7).

Epidemiology of rabies in chiropterans and advances in molecular biology/Epidemiologia da raiva em quiropteros e os avancos em biologia molecular/Epidemiologia de la rabia en quiropteros y avanzos en biologia molecular

Phylogroup I comprises the worldwide serotype 1 [classical rabies virus and Australian Bat Lyssavirus (ABL)] (28), (29), serotype 4 (Duvenhage virus), serotype 5 [European Bat Lyssavirus 1 (EBL-1)] and serotype 6 [European Bat Lyssavirus 2 (EBL-2)] (30), (31).