Encephalitis caused by a Lyssavirus in fruit bats in Australia.

Fraser, G. C.; Hooper, P. T.; Lunt, R. A.; Gould, A. R.; Gleeson, L. J.; Hyatt, A. D.; Russell, G. M.; Kattenbelt, J. A.

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Encephalitis caused by a Lyssavirus in fruit bats in Australia.

Published Date:

1996 Oct-Dec

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Emerg Infect Dis. 2(4):327-331.

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Fraser, G. C. ; Hooper, P. T. ; Lunt, R. A. ; Gould, A. R. ; Gleeson, L. J. ; ... More ▼

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This report describes the first pathologic and immunohistochemical recognition in Australia of a rabies-like disease in a native mammal, a fruit bat, the black flying fox (Pteropus alecto). A virus with close serologic and genetic relationships to members of the Lyssavirus genus of the family Rhabdoviridae was isolated in mice from the tissue homogenates of a sick juvenile animal.

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Emerging Infectious Diseases

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