title: First isolation of a rabid bat infected with European bat lyssavirus in Luxembourg.
abstract: Rabid bats are regularly reported in Europe, especially in countries that have implemented a bat surveillance network. In May 2013, bat rabies was evidenced for the first time in Luxembourg (southern city of Differdange). The rabies virus, an EBLV-1b strain, was diagnosed in a serotine bat that bit a 29-year-old male person while he was asleep. The man received rapidly a post-exposure RABV treatment and was put under strict medical supervision.
authors.affiliation: French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (Anses), Nancy Laboratory for Rabies and Wildlife, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Management in Zoonoses Control, OIE Reference Laboratory for Rabies, European Union Reference Laboratory for Rabies, European Union Reference Laboratory for Rabies Serology. Technopôle Agricole et Vétérinaire, Malzéville, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Servat
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Herr
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Picard-Meyer
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schley
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Harbusch
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Michaux
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pir
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Robardet
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Engel
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cliquet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001733:Bites and Stings / Q000821:virology*; D002685:Chiroptera / Q000821:virology*; D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D008189:Luxembourg; D018114:Lyssavirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011818:Rabies / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission*; D011819:Rabies Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011820:Rabies virus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; D018353:Rhabdoviridae Infections; D017421:Sequence Analysis
chemical_list: D011819:Rabies Vaccines
keywords: Rabies; bats; diagnostic; human exposure