Susceptibility of North American big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) to infection with European bat lyssavirus type 1

Journal of General Virology

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1998-2010

  Franka, R ^a   Johnson, N ^b   Muller T ^c   Vos, A ^d   Neubert, L ^d   Freuling, C ^c   Rupprecht, C E ^a   Fooks, A R ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Department of Virology   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^d IDT Biologika GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN BAT LYSSAVIRUS TYPE 1; FEMALE; GERMANY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNIZATION; INCUBATION TIME; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INOCULATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES VIRUS; SEROCONVERSION; SLOVAKIA; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BLOOD; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EUROPE; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOUSE; NORTH AMERICA; PATHOGENICITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS FUSCUS; EUROPEAN BAT LYSSAVIRUS 1;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; LYSSAVIRUS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NORTH AMERICA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHABDOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS;

EID: 50549087860     PISSN: 00221317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.83688-0     Document Type: Article

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