title: Novel lyssaviruses isolated from bats in Russia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Plague Control Research Institute of Siberia and the Far East, Irkutsk, Russia.
authors.forename: Alexandr D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Botvinkin
authors.forename: Elena M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Poleschuk
authors.forename: Ivan V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Kuzmin
authors.forename: Tatyana I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Borisova
authors.forename: Suren V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Gazaryan
authors.forename: Pamela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yager
authors.forename: Charles E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Rupprecht
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000956:Antigens, Viral; D012367:RNA, Viral