Novel lyssaviruses isolated from bats in Russia.
Two new rabies-related viruses were discovered in Russia during 2002. Viruses were isolated from bats in Eastern Siberia near Baikal Lake and in the western Caucasus Mountains. After preliminary antigenic and genetic characterization, we found that both viruses should be considered as new putative lyssavirus genotypes.
Botvinkin
Alexandr D
AD
Plague Control Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East, Irkutsk, Russia.
Poleschuk
Elena M
EM
Kuzmin
Ivan V
IV
Borisova
Tatyana I
TI
Gazaryan
Suren V
SV
Yager
Pamela
P
Rupprecht
Charles E
CE
D000818:Animals; D000940:Antigenic Variation; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000276:immunology; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology*; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D019085:Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct / Q000662:veterinary; D018114:Lyssavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010802:Phylogeny; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D018353:Rhabdoviridae Infections / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D012426:Russia; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
D000956:Antigens, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral