Distinct Lineage of Vesiculovirus from Big Brown Bats, United States

We identified a novel rhabdovirus, American bat vesiculovirus, from postmortem tissue samples from 120 rabies-negative big brown bats with a history of human contact. Five percent of the tested bats were infected with this virus. The extent of zoonotic exposure and possible health effects in humans...

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Autores principales: Ng, Terry Fei Fan, Driscoll, Cindy, Carlos, Maria Paz, Prioleau, Algernon, Schmieder, Robert, Dwivedi, Bhakti, Wong, Jakk, Cha, Yunhee, Head, Steven, Breitbart, Mya, Delwart, Eric
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2013
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Dispatch
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3840891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24274823
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid1912.121506
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Sumario:We identified a novel rhabdovirus, American bat vesiculovirus, from postmortem tissue samples from 120 rabies-negative big brown bats with a history of human contact. Five percent of the tested bats were infected with this virus. The extent of zoonotic exposure and possible health effects in humans from this virus are unknown.

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