Endemic circulation of European bat lyssavirus type 1 in serotine bats, Spain

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1263-1266

  Vázquez Morón, Sonia ^a,b,e   Juste, Javier ^c   Ibáñez, Carlos ^c   Ruiz Villamor, Eduardo ^d   Avellón, Ana ^a   Vera, Manuel ^a   Echevarría, Juan E ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d Laboratorio Central de Veterinaria   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LYSSAVIRUS 1; NONHUMAN; RABIES VIRUS; SPAIN; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHIROPTERA; ENDEMIC DISEASES; LYSSAVIRUS; RHABDOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RNA, VIRAL; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 48749121210     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/1408.080068     Document Type: Article

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