Bat Rabies Surveillance in Europe

Zoonoses and Public Health

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-34

  Schatz, J ^a   Fooks, A R ^b   Mcelhinney, L ^b   Horton, D ^b   Echevarria, J ^c   Vazquez Moron S ^c   Kooi, E A ^d   Rasmussen, T B ^e   Muller T ^a   Freuling, C M ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bats; Lyssavirus; Rabies; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; VIRUS RNA;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BAT; BAT RABIES; DENMARK; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EPTESICUS ISABELLINUS; EPTESICUS SEROTINUS; EUROPEAN BAT LYSSAVIRUS TYPE 1; EUROPEAN BAT LYSSAVIRUS TYPE 2; FINLAND; FRANCE; GERMANY; MYOTIS DASYCNEME; MYOTIS DAUBENTONII; MYOTIS NATTERERI; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABIES; RABIES VIRUS; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHIROPTERA; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; LYSSAVIRUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RABIES; RNA, VIRAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EPTESICUS; EPTESICUS SEROTINUS; LYSSAVIRUS; MYOTIS DASYCNEME; MYOTIS DAUBENTONI; MYOTIS NATTERERI; WEST CAUCASIAN BAT VIRUS;

EID: 84872276182     PISSN: 18631959     EISSN: 18632378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/zph.12002     Document Type: Article

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