Lyssaviruses in Insectivorous Bats, South Africa, 2003–2018

We detected 3 lyssaviruses in insectivorous bats sampled in South Africa during 2003-2018. We used phylogenetic analysis to identify Duvenhage lyssavirus and a potentially new lyssavirus, provisionally named Matlo bat lyssavirus, that is related to West Caucasian bat virus. These new detections high...

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Published in:Emerging infectious diseases Vol. 26; no. 12; pp. 3056 - 3060
Main Authors: Coertse, Jessica, Grobler, Colyn S., Sabeta, Claude T., Seamark, Ernest C.J., Kearney, Teresa, Paweska, Janusz T., Markotter, Wanda
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States U.S. National Center for Infectious Diseases 01.12.2020
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Subjects:
Bats
Disease prevention
Dispatch
Distribution
Duvenhage virus
Genetic diversity
Health aspects
Health care
Identification and classification
Infections
lyssaviruses
Lyssaviruses in Insectivorous Bats, South Africa, 2003–2018
Matlo bat lyssavirus
Medical research
Rabies
Rhabdoviruses
South Africa
Taxonomy
Vaccines
Viruses
Zoonoses
South Africa
Africa
Duvenhage virus
viruses
viral zoonoses
rabies
zoonoses
bats
encephalitis
lyssaviruses
insectivorous bats
South Africa
surveillance
Matlo bat lyssavirus
West Caucasian bat virus
ISSN:1080-6040, 1080-6059, 1080-6059
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Summary:We detected 3 lyssaviruses in insectivorous bats sampled in South Africa during 2003-2018. We used phylogenetic analysis to identify Duvenhage lyssavirus and a potentially new lyssavirus, provisionally named Matlo bat lyssavirus, that is related to West Caucasian bat virus. These new detections highlight that much about lyssaviruses remains unknown.
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ISSN:1080-6040
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1080-6059
DOI:10.3201/eid2612.203592