Lagos bat virus, South Africa.
Three more isolates of Lagos bat virus were recently recovered from fruit bats in South Africa after an apparent absence of this virus for 13 years. The sporadic occurrence of cases is likely due to inadequate surveillance programs for lyssavirus infections among bat populations in Africa.
Markotter
Wanda
W
University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa.
Randles
Jenny
J
Rupprecht
Charles E
CE
Sabeta
Claude T
CT
Taylor
Peter J
PJ
Wandeler
Alex I
AI
Nel
Louis H
LH
D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology*; D018114:Lyssavirus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010802:Phylogeny; D018353:Rhabdoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000821:virology*; D013019:South Africa / Q000453:epidemiology