Public Health Surveillance for Australian bat lyssavirus in Queensland, Australia, 2000–2001

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  Warrilow, David ; Harrower, Bruce ; Smith, Ina L. ; Field, Hume ; Taylor, Roscoe ; Walker, G. Craig ; Smith, Greg A.
• Description:
  From February 1, 2000, to December 4, 2001, a total of 119 bats (85 Megachiroptera and 34 Microchiroptera) were tested for Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) infection. Eight Megachiroptera were positive by immunofluorescence assay that used cross-reactive ntibodies to rabies nucleocapsid protein. A case study of cross-species transmission of ABLV supports the conclusion that a bat reservoir exists for ABLV in which the virus circulates across Megachiroptera species within mixed communities.
• Subjects:
  Animals Base Sequence Bites And Stings Chiroptera Communicable Diseases, Emerging Humans Population Surveillance Prevalence Rhabdoviridae Infections
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 9(2):262-264
• Pubmed ID:
  12604002
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC2901949
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Australia
• Volume:
  9
• Issue:
  2
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:30caccd8b354fd3b0b5feefd6316716af37f0ec65951536d80a8bb00de7fdf86
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/14014/cdc_14014_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 206.25 KB ]