title: Complete Genome Sequence of a Vampire Bat Rabies Virus from French Guiana.
abstract: A rabies virus was detected in a common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) in French Guiana. Its genomic sequence was obtained and found to be closely related to other hematophagous bat-related viruses that widely circulate in the northern Amazon region. This virus is named AT6.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lavergne
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana.
authors.forename: Edith
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Darcissac
authors.affiliation: Institut Pasteur, Lyssavirus Dynamics and Host Adaptation Unit, National Reference Centre for Rabies, WHO Collaborating Centre for Reference and Research on Rabies, Paris, France.
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bourhy
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana.
authors.forename: Sourakhata
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tirera
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana.
authors.forename: Benoît
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: de Thoisy
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire des Interactions Virus-Hôtes, Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Cayenne, French Guiana vlacoste@pasteur-cayenne.fr.
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Lacoste