Detection of high levels of european bat lyssavirus type-1 viral rna in the thyroid gland of experimentally-infected eptesicus fuscus bats

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 56, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 270-277

  Fooks, A R ^a   Johnson, N ^a   Muller T ^b   Vos, A ^b   Mansfield, K ^a   Hicks, D ^a   Nunez, A ^a   Freuling, C ^b   Neubert, L ^c   Kaipf, I ^d   Denzinger, A ^d   Franka, R ^e   Rupprecht, C E ^e  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^c IDT Biologika GmbH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Bat; European bat lyssavirus; Lyssavirus; Pathogenesis; Rabies; Thyroid gland; Virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BAT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN BAT LYSSAVIRUS TYPE 1; FEMALE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SALIVA ANALYSIS; THYROID GLAND; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS SHEDDING;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; LYSSAVIRUS; RHABDOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; RNA, VIRAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND;

EPTESICUS FUSCUS; EUROPEAN BAT LYSSAVIRUS; EUROPEAN BAT LYSSAVIRUS 1; LYSSAVIRUS; VESPERTILIONIDAE;

EID: 68049147707     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01203.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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