Repeated detection of European bat lyssavirus type 2 in dead bats found at a single roost site in the UK.
In August 2007, European bat lyssavirus type 2 (EBLV-2) was isolated from a Daubenton's bat found at Stokesay Castle. In September 2008, another bat from the same vicinity of Stokesay Castle also tested positive for EBLV-2. This is the first occurrence of repeated detection of EBLV-2 from a single site. Here, we report the detection of low levels of viral RNA in various bat organs by qRT-PCR and detection of viral antigen by immunohistochemistry. We also report sequence data from both cases and compare data with those derived from other EBLV-2 isolations in the UK.
Rabies and Wildlife Zoonoses Group, Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Weybridge, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3NB, UK. a.banyard@vla.defra.gsi.gov.uk
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D000818:Animals; D002685:Chiroptera; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018114:Lyssavirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D010802:Phylogeny; D018353:Rhabdoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology