First Isolation of EBLV-2 in Germany

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 131, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 26-34

  Freuling, Conrad ^a   Grossmann, Ernst ^b   Conraths, Franz J ^a   Schameitat, Astrid ^a   Kliemt, Jeannette ^a   Auer, Ernst ^c   Greiser Wilke, Irene ^d   Müller, Thomas ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Staatliches Tierärztliches Untersuchungsamt Diagnostikzentrum   (Germany)

^c Arbeitskreis Fledermäuse Bodensee Oberschwaben ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bats; Daubenton's bat; EBLV 2; European bat lyssavirus; Rabies

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENCEPHALITIS; EUROPEAN BAT LYSSAVIRUS 2; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MYOTIS DAUBENTONII; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES ENCEPHALITIS; RABIES VIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHIROPTERA; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LYSSAVIRUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NETHERLANDS; PHYLOGENY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RHABDOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SWITZERLAND; ZOONOSES;

EUROPEAN BAT LYSSAVIRUS; EUROPEAN BAT LYSSAVIRUS 1; LYSSAVIRUS; MYOTIS DAUBENTONI;

EID: 48849092345     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.02.028     Document Type: Article

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