Repeated detection of European bat lyssavirus type 2 in dead bats found at a single roost site in the UK

Archives of Virology

Volumn 154, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1847-1850

  Banyard, Ashley C ^a   Johnson, N ^a   Voller, K ^a   Hicks, D ^a   Nunez, A ^a   Hartley, M ^b   Fooks, A R ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b Aquatic and Zoological Animal Health Veterinary Science Team   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BAT; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RABIES VIRUS; RHABDOVIRUS INFECTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LYSSAVIRUS; MALE; PHYLOGENY; RHABDOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS;

EUROPEAN BAT LYSSAVIRUS 2; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 70350662332     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-009-0504-8     Document Type: Article

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