Pathogenesis of bat rabies in a natural reservoir: Comparative susceptibility of the straw-colored fruit bat (Eidolon helvum) to three strains of Lagos bat virus

Rabies is a fatal neurologic disease caused by lyssavirus infection. People are infected through contact with infected animals. The relative increase of human rabies acquired from bats calls for a better understanding of lyssavirus infections in their natural hosts. So far, there is no experimental...

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Published in:	PLoS neglected tropical diseases Vol. 12; no. 3; p. e0006311
Main Authors:	Suu-Ire, Richard, Begeman, Lineke, Banyard, Ashley C., Breed, Andrew C., Drosten, Christian, Eggerbauer, Elisa, Freuling, Conrad M., Gibson, Louise, Goharriz, Hooman, Horton, Daniel L., Jennings, Daisy, Kuzmin, Ivan V., Marston, Denise, Ntiamoa-Baidu, Yaa, Riesle Sbarbaro, Silke, Selden, David, Wise, Emma L., Kuiken, Thijs, Fooks, Anthony R., Müller, Thomas, Wood, James L. N., Cunningham, Andrew A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 01.03.2018 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Analysis Antigens Bats Biology Biology and Life Sciences Brain Brain research Chiroptera Disease DNA Eidolon helvum Endemic species Excretion Fruits Funding Infections Inoculation Medicine and Health Sciences Meningoencephalitis Mephitidae Methods Microbiological strains Nucleotide sequence Oral cavity Pathogenesis Pathology PCR Physiological aspects Rabies Reservoirs (Water) Risk factors RNA-directed DNA polymerase Strains Strains (organisms) Straw Straw colored fruit bat Supervision Tissue Tissues Transmission Tropical diseases Vectors (Biology) Veterinary medicine Virology Viruses Zoology Zoonoses Netherlands Ghana United Kingdom > UK Nigeria Senegal Germany
ISSN:	1935-2735, 1935-2727, 1935-2735
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