Active surveillance of bat rabies in France: A 5-year study (2004-2009)

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 390-395

  Picard Meyer, Evelyne ^a   Dubourg Savage, Marie Jo ^b   Arthur, Laurent ^b   Barataud, Michel ^b   Bécu, David ^b   Bracco, Sandrine ^b   Borel, Christophe ^b   Larcher, Gérald ^b   Meme Lafond, Benjamin ^b   Moinet, Marie ^a   Robardet, Emmanuelle ^a   Wasniewski, Marine ^a   Cliquet, Florence ^a  

^a FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

^b SFEPM Chiroptera Group   (France)

Author keywords

Bat; Epidemiological surveillance; France; Lyssavirus; Rabies

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; RABIES IMMUNOGLOBULIN; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BARBASTELLA BARBASTELLUS; BAT; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPTESICUS SEROTINUS; EUROPEAN BAT LYSSAVIRUS TYPE 1; FEMALE; FRANCE; MALE; MINIOPTERUS SCHREIBERSII; MYOTIS BLYTHII; MYOTIS MYOTIS; NONHUMAN; RABIES VIRUS; RHINOLOPHUS FERRUMEQUINUM; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS PARTICLE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, NEUTRALIZING; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHIROPTERA; FEMALE; FRANCE; MALE; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; RNA, VIRAL;

EPTESICUS SEROTINUS; LYSSAVIRUS; MYOTIS MYOTIS; RABIES VIRUS;

EID: 79960164311     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2011.03.034     Document Type: Article

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