Active surveillance for antibodies confirms circulation of lyssaviruses in Palearctic bats

Seidlova V., Zukal J., Brichta J., Anisimov N., Apoznański G., Bandouchova H., Bartonička T., Berková H., Botvinkin A.D., Heger T., Dundarova H., Kokurewicz T., Linhart P., Orlov O.L., Piacek V., Presetnik P., Shumkina A.P., Tiunov M.P., Treml F., Pikula J.

BMC Veterinary Research 2020; 16(482)

Palearctic bats host a diversity of lyssaviruses, though not the classical rabies virus (RABV). As surveillance for bat rabies over the Palearctic area covering Central and Eastern Europe and Siberian regions of Russia has been irregular, we lack data on geographic and seasonal patterns of the infection.

DOI 10.1186/s12917-020-02702-y

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