A NEW LYSSAVIRUS - THE FIRST ENDEMIC RABIES-RELATED VIRUS RECOGNIZED IN AUSTRALIA

Authors
HOOPER PT LUNT RA GOULD AR SAMARATUNGA H HYATT AD GLEESON LJ RODWELL BJ RUPPRECHT CE SMITH JS MURRAY PK
Citation
Pt. Hooper et al., A NEW LYSSAVIRUS - THE FIRST ENDEMIC RABIES-RELATED VIRUS RECOGNIZED IN AUSTRALIA, Bulletin de l'Institut Pasteur, 95(4), 1997, pp. 209-218
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Virology,Microbiology,Immunology
Journal title
Bulletin de l'Institut Pasteur → ACNP
ISSN journal
00202452
Volume
95
Issue
4
Year of publication
1997
Pages
209 - 218
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-2452(1997)95:4<209:ANL-TF>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
A previously undiscovered lyssavirus has been identified in fruit bats in Australia. Although close to classical rabies virus, antigenically and genetically, the Australian bat lyssavirus represents a new genot ype. It causes central nervous system pathology in bats and has caused the death of one woman.